Senate roll call 335 · 48th Congress · Feb 16, 1885
To amend H. R. 7970, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 302) making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the indian department and for fulfilli
On Feb 16, 1885, the Senate voted 35–20 (HR 7970). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–8, Democrats 13–13, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 35
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 16, 1885
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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