Senate roll call 118 · 49th Congress · May 11, 1886
To table all pending amendments to S. 1532, the amendments curtail the rights of railroads to issue free passes to any person or persons and set up other restri
On May 11, 1886, the Senate voted 41–16 (S 1532). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–10, Democrats 21–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 41
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- May 11, 1886
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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