Senate roll call 221 · 49th Congress · Jul 7, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by providing that no appropriation be made to improve the south fork of the cumberland river in kentucky.
On Jul 7, 1886, the Senate voted 23–21 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 4–21, Republicans 21–3. 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 3 no · 21 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
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- 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
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- 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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