Senate roll call 340 · 49th Congress · Jan 20, 1887
To amend the convention between the U.S. And the hawaiian kingdom by adding a new article, to be known as article two, which provides that the king of hawaii GR
On Jan 20, 1887, the Senate voted 28–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–4, Democrats 7–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 28
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 20, 1887
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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