Senate roll call 31 · 49th Congress · Feb 5, 1886
To adjourn until 12 o'clock monday next.
On Feb 5, 1886, the Senate voted 30–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–16, Democrats 20–4. 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
- 30
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- William Mahone R-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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