Senate roll call 306 · 49th Congress · Jul 31, 1886
Go into executive session.
On Jul 31, 1886, the Senate voted 21–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Democrats 9–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 31, 1886
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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