Senate roll call 179 · 49th Congress · Jun 15, 1886
To amend S. 2172, by repealing an act exempting right of way from taxation.
On Jun 15, 1886, the Senate voted 26–20 (S 2172). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–18, Democrats 21–2. 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
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 15, 1886
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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