Senate roll call 396 · 48th Congress · Feb 27, 1885
To pass S. 498, granting a pension of $50 a month to letiha tyler semple daughter of the late President john tyler.
On Feb 27, 1885, the Senate voted 11–17 (S 498). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–8, Democrats 4–8, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 11
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 27, 1885
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 8 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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