Senate roll call 403 · 48th Congress · Feb 28, 1885
To consider H. R. 7299, forfeiting a part of certain lands granted to the state of iowa to aid in construction of railroads in that state. (p. 2294-1)
On Feb 28, 1885, the Senate voted 28–22 (HR 7299). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–19, Democrats 20–2, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 28
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 28, 1885
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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