Senate roll call 416 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To amend H. R. 8256, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 478) by eliminating a $400,000 appropriation for final aid to the world's industrial and cotton centenni
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 10–35 (HR 8256). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 1–19, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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