Senate roll call 282 · 48th Congress · Jan 14, 1885
To pass S. 2530, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 434), authorizing additional appointment (general ulysses s. Grant) on the retired list of the army. (p. 68
On Jan 14, 1885, the Senate voted 49–9 (S 2530). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–0, Democrats 19–10, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 49
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 14, 1885
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 2530, (app. March 3, 1885), (23…: Senate Vote, Jan 14, 1885,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-282/to-pass-s-2530-app-march-3-1885-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).