Senate roll call 389 · 48th Congress · Feb 26, 1885
To amend H. R. 8179, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 388) by adding to the committees on territorries and agriculture and forestry one clerk each among those
On Feb 26, 1885, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 8179). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–21, Republicans 19–5, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 26, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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