Senate roll call 355 · 48th Congress · Feb 19, 1885
To amend H. R. 3933 , (app. Feb. 28, 1885), (23 stat. L. 337) declaring a forfeiture of lands granted to the texas pacific railway company by providing that the
On Feb 19, 1885, the Senate voted 12–41 (HR 3933). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Democrats 1–22, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 48th Congress (1883–1884), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 19, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 22 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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