Senate roll call 301 · 49th Congress · Jul 31, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of charles m. Shelley, as fourth auditor of the treasury department.
On Jul 31, 1886, the Senate voted 38–9. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–0, Republicans 14–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 38
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 31, 1886
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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