Senate roll call 314 · 49th Congress · Aug 4, 1886
To table, a resolution providing for the appointment of herbert foote beecher as collector of customs for the district of puget sound in the state of oregon and
On Aug 4, 1886, the Senate voted 20–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–19, Republicans 14–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 4, 1886
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 7 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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