Senate roll call 388 · 48th Congress · Feb 26, 1885
To decide whether an amendment to H. R. 8179, was in order, which amendment establishes MT. Desert ferry, in hancock, maine, as a port of entry, under direction
On Feb 26, 1885, the Senate voted 21–24 (HR 8179). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–15, Republicans 10–9, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 21
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 26, 1885
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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