Senate roll call 336 · 48th Congress · Feb 16, 1885
To agree to amendments from committee on appropriations to H. R. 7970, (app. March 38 1885), (23 stat. L. 362) appropriating for current and contingent expenses
On Feb 16, 1885, the Senate voted 45–6 (HR 7970). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–4, Democrats 23–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 45
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 16, 1885
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX 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
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- 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
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-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
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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