Senate roll call 423 · 48th Congress · Mar 3, 1885
To recede from an amendment to H. R. 7970, by reinstating SEC. 10 authorizing the President to begin negotiations with the creek, seminole and cherokee indians
On Mar 3, 1885, the Senate voted 33–27 (HR 7970). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–24, Democrats 24–3, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 33
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 3, 1885
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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