To recommit, S. 9, (24 stat l. 373) a bill to fix the day for the meeting of the electors of pres. And vice President and to provide for and regulate the counti

On Feb 2, 1886, the Senate voted 30–22 (S 9). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–16, Democrats 13–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 30
No: 22
Did not vote: 25
Date: Feb 2, 1886

By party

Democrats13 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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