Senate roll call 242 · 49th Congress · Jul 14, 1886
To concur in an amendment to H. R. 7480, appropriating a sum for the purchase of two improved waterways, subject to the report of engineers.
On Jul 14, 1886, the Senate voted 35–21 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–8, Democrats 12–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 35
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 14, 1886
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- 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
- William Mahone R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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