Senate roll call 121 · 49th Congress · May 11, 1886
To amend S. 1532, by making provisions of this act applicable to common carriers engaged in transportation by railroad or partly by railroad and partly by water
On May 11, 1886, the Senate voted 31–14 (S 1532). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–1, Republicans 10–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 31
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 11, 1886
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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