Senate roll call 326 · 48th Congress · Feb 10, 1885
To amend H. R. 7785, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 361) making appropriations for pensions for fiscal 1886, and for other purposes, which amendment elimina
On Feb 10, 1885, the Senate voted 16–44 (HR 7785). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–29, Democrats 12–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 16
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 10, 1885
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 29 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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