Senate roll call 234 · 49th Congress · Jul 13, 1886
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H. R. 7480.
On Jul 13, 1886, the Senate voted 16–38. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–27, Democrats 15–11. 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
- 16
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 13, 1886
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 27 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
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
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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