Senate roll call 220 · 49th Congress · Jul 7, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by providing for an appropriation to complete the improvement of the tennessee river at muscle shoals in alabama.
On Jul 7, 1886, the Senate voted 23–22 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 4–20, Republicans 19–3. 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
- 23
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 20 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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