To amend H. J. RES. 126, by repealing laws authorizing coinage and issue of U.S. Trade dollars, and providing that trade dollars be received at face value and p

On Jul 30, 1886, the Senate voted 34–29 (HJR 126). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–16, Democrats 16–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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: 34
No: 29
Did not vote: 17
Date: Jul 30, 1886

By party

Democrats16 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted no
Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV 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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