Senate roll call 369 · 48th Congress · Feb 23, 1885
To decide whether an amendment to H. R. 8138, was in order. The amendment allows the postmaster general to lease premises for first, second and third class post
On Feb 23, 1885, the Senate voted 20–24 (HR 8138). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–17, Democrats 10–7, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 20
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 23, 1885
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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