Senate roll call 359 · 48th Congress · Feb 20, 1885
To amend S. 1886, quieting titles of settlers on the des moines river lands in iowa, by providing that in every action commenced under this act where the defend
On Feb 20, 1885, the Senate voted 16–31 (S 1886). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–18, Republicans 9–13, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 16
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 20, 1885
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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