Senate roll call 393 · 48th Congress · Feb 27, 1885
To consider H. R. 5849, limiting the time for the presentation and payment of claims against the U.S. (p. 2236-1)
On Feb 27, 1885, the Senate voted 34–21 (HR 5849). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Democrats 21–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 34
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 27, 1885
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH 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
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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