Senate roll call 288 · 48th Congress · Jan 17, 1885
To amend S. 2112, establishing a commission to regulate interstate commerce by providing that it shall be known as interstate commerce commission, and shall be
On Jan 17, 1885, the Senate voted 22–20 (S 2112). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–13, Democrats 13–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 22
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 17, 1885
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
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 Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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