Senate roll call 208 · 49th Congress · Jul 2, 1886
To amend H. R. 8974, by providing for an increase in item for compensation of commissioner of pension.
On Jul 2, 1886, the Senate voted 24–25 (HR 8974). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–4, Republicans 3–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 24
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 2, 1886
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 22 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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