Senate roll call 415 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To amend H. R. 8256, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 478) by appropriating $12,000 for 1,000 copies of "original portraits of washington" by elizabeth bryant
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 21–32 (HR 8256). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–11, Democrats 4–21, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 21
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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