Senate roll call 427 · 48th Congress · Mar 3, 1885
To amend H. R. 8280, by providing for an allowance of $50,000 to improve the missouri river at or near omaha, neb., the sum to be expended under the direction o
On Mar 3, 1885, the Senate voted 10–29 (HR 8280). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–15, Democrats 3–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 3, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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