Senate roll call 4 · 49th Congress · Mar 18, 1885
To amend the resolution relative to invasion of nicaragua, costa rica and san salvador by providing that the President of the U.S. Be authorized to lift the inj
On Mar 18, 1885, the Senate voted 21–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–24, Democrats 20–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 18, 1885
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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