Senate roll call 358 · 48th Congress · Feb 20, 1885
To amend S. 1886, quieting the title of settlers on the des moines river lands in iowa, which amendment provides that before any action of the attorney-general
On Feb 20, 1885, the Senate voted 23–29 (S 1886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 12–12, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 23
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 20, 1885
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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