Senate roll call 418 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To recede from an amendment to H. R. 7970, (app. March 38 1885), (23 stat. L. 362) making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the indian depar
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 4–47 (HR 7970). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–29, Democrats 4–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 4
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 29 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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