Senate roll call 419 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
That when the Senate adjourn today it do so until 1 p. M. Tomorrow.
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 33–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–14, Democrats 22–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 33
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-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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