Senate roll call 384 · 48th Congress · Feb 25, 1885
To go into executive session, motion made during debate on H. R. 8179, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 388).
On Feb 25, 1885, the Senate voted 23–5. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–1, Democrats 1–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 2 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
- 5
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Feb 25, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 4 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- 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 Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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