Senate roll call 143 · 49th Congress · May 21, 1886
To table an amendment to H. R. 6661, which, amendment changes the rule for settling the remaining claims under the geneva award.
On May 21, 1886, the Senate voted 23–18 (HR 6661). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–7, Democrats 9–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 21, 1886
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 7 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- 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
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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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