Senate roll call 15 · 49th Congress · Dec 15, 1885
To amend a rule forbidding the sale of liquor in the capitol by having the rule embrace all alcoholic beverages.
On Dec 15, 1885, the Senate voted 20–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–13, Democrats 3–22. 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
- 20
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 15, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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