Senate roll call 400 · 48th Congress · Feb 28, 1885
To reconsider vote by which Senate rejected H. R. 6940, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 679).
On Feb 28, 1885, the Senate voted 30–20 (HR 6940). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–4, Democrats 8–15, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 30
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 28, 1885
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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