Senate roll call 387 · 48th Congress · Feb 26, 1885
To amend an amendment to H. R. 8179, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 388) by adding to the committee on public buildings and grounds a clerk among those to b
On Feb 26, 1885, the Senate voted 24–30 (HR 8179). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–8, Democrats 3–22, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 26, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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