Senate roll call 314 · 48th Congress · Feb 4, 1885
To amend H. R. 5461, by providing that this act shall not apply to oceanic transportation. (p. 1251-1)
On Feb 4, 1885, the Senate voted 10–21 (HR 5461). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–10, Democrats 1–11, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Feb 4, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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