Senate roll call 390 · 48th Congress · Feb 26, 1885
To amend H. R. 8179, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 388) by eliminating the clause providing that the governor of wyoming territory, on or 10 days after the
On Feb 26, 1885, the Senate voted 33–15 (HR 8179). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–0, Democrats 3–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 33
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 26, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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