Senate roll call 114 · 49th Congress · May 5, 1886
To amend S. 1537, (24 stat l. 379, by making it unlawful for any common carrier too charge more in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or propert
On May 5, 1886, the Senate voted 29–24 (S 1537). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–2, Republicans 5–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 26 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- William Mahone R-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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