Senate roll call 271 · 49th Congress · Jul 23, 1886
To agree to the resolution exonerating henry payne from charges affecting his title to a Senate seat from ohio.
On Jul 23, 1886, the Senate voted 44–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–18, Democrats 30–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 44
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jul 23, 1886
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- 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 Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Other votes
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