Senate roll call 420 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To recede from an amendment to H. R. 7970, (app. March 3, 1885), (23 stat. L. 362) by eliminating the paragraph authorizing the secretary of the interior, with
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 13–33 (HR 7970). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–16, Democrats 3–17. 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- 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
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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