Senate roll call 422 · 48th Congress · Mar 2, 1885
To adjourn until 1 p. M. The following day.
On Mar 2, 1885, the Senate voted 41–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–3, Republicans 12–17. 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
- 41
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 2, 1885
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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