Senate roll call 398 · 48th Congress · Feb 28, 1885
To consider H. R. 7299, forfeiting a part of certain lands granted to the state of iowa to aid in the construction of railroads in that state.
On Feb 28, 1885, the Senate voted 29–20 (HR 7299). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–18, Democrats 19–1, Others 0–1. 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
- 29
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 28, 1885
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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