Senate roll call 407 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To amend H. R. 8256, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 478) by eliminating the clause appropriating $15,000 for purchase of a site for erection of a 10-company
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 13–33 (HR 8256). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–12, Democrats 2–20, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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