Senate roll call 326 · 49th Congress · Dec 17, 1886
To order engrossment and third reading on S. 1537, (24 stat 967), to direct treasury secretary to refund and pay to b. B. Connor and brothers the net proceeds p
On Dec 17, 1886, the Senate voted 26–15 (S 1537). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–1, Republicans 5–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 26
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Dec 17, 1886
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 14 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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