Senate roll call 334 · 48th Congress · Feb 16, 1885
To pass S. 1886, quieting title of settlers on the des moines river lands.
On Feb 16, 1885, the Senate voted 17–23 (S 1886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–20, Democrats 12–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 16, 1885
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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