Senate roll call 367 · 48th Congress · Feb 23, 1885
To pass S. 1886, quieting the title of settlers on the des moines river land in iowa.
On Feb 23, 1885, the Senate voted 32–24 (S 1886). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–10, Democrats 13–14, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 32
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 23, 1885
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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