Senate roll call 240 · 49th Congress · Jul 14, 1886
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 7480 in committee of the whole reducing the appropriation for improving the cumberland sound in georgia and florida.
On Jul 14, 1886, the Senate voted 19–26 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–19, Republicans 15–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 14, 1886
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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