Senate roll call 142 · 49th Congress · May 21, 1886
To table an amendment to H. R. 6661, a bill for closing up the business and paying the expenses of the court of commissioners of the alabama claims. The amendm
On May 21, 1886, the Senate voted 20–14 (HR 6661). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–8, Democrats 6–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 20
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- May 21, 1886
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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