Senate roll call 356 · 48th Congress · Feb 19, 1885
To amend H. R. 3933, (app. Feb. 28, 1885), (23 stat. L. 337) declaring a forfeiture of lands granted to the texas pacific railway company by providing that the
On Feb 19, 1885, the Senate voted 26–28 (HR 3933). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–11, Democrats 7–18, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 26
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 19, 1885
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 11 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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