Senate roll call 425 · 48th Congress · Mar 3, 1885
To table H. R. 8280.
On Mar 3, 1885, the Senate voted 17–31 (HR 8280). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–13, Democrats 1–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 3, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.