Senate roll call 392 · 48th Congress · Feb 27, 1885
To resume legislative business, motion made during consideration of the resolution confirming the appointment of edward a. Kreidler of montana as United States
On Feb 27, 1885, the Senate voted 36–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–15, Democrats 24–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 36
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 27, 1885
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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