Senate roll call 331 · 49th Congress · Jan 7, 1887
To consider S. 1359, relating to the claims of the heirs of erskine s. Allen.
On Jan 7, 1887, the Senate voted 31–11 (S 1359). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–10, Republicans 19–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 31
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jan 7, 1887
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- 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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To consider S. 1359, relating to the claims…: Senate Vote, Jan 7, 1887,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-S-331/to-consider-s-1359-relating-to-the-claims-of (accessed 2026-10-17).