Senate roll call 209 · 49th Congress · Jul 2, 1886
To amend H. R. 8974, by providing for increase in appropriation for commission of patents.
On Jul 2, 1886, the Senate voted 24–19 (HR 8974). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–5, Republicans 7–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 2, 1886
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 14 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Hipple Mitchell 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- 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
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- 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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