Senate roll call 424 · 48th Congress · Mar 3, 1885
To amend H. R. 8280, making appropriations for the preservation and continuation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, which amendment increases approp
On Mar 3, 1885, the Senate voted 27–18 (HR 8280). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–15, Democrats 15–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 27
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 3, 1885
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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