Senate roll call 365 · 48th Congress · Feb 20, 1885
To amend S. 1886, quieting the title of settlers on the des moines river lands in iowa, which amendment adds a section providing that this act shall not apply t
On Feb 20, 1885, the Senate voted 14–38 (S 1886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–21, Democrats 8–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 20, 1885
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-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
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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