Senate roll call 323 · 49th Congress · Dec 15, 1886
To table a resolution that executive nominations shall be acted on in open session.
On Dec 15, 1886, the Senate voted 33–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–16, Democrats 17–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 33
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 15, 1886
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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