Senate roll call 412 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To amend H. R. 8256, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 478) by eliminating $3,660 appropriation for paying 61 printers of the congressional record $60 each for
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 13–34 (HR 8256). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 4–17, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- 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
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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