Senate roll call 325 · 48th Congress · Feb 10, 1885
To amend an amendment to H. R. 7785, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 361), regarding pension appropriations, which amendment to amendment eliminates from the
On Feb 10, 1885, the Senate voted 17–36 (HR 7785). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–26, Republicans 16–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 10, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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