Senate roll call 342 · 49th Congress · Jan 20, 1887
To pass a Senate resolution ratifying the convention whereby the king of the hawaiian islands grants exclusive rights to the U.S. To enter, establish and mainta
On Jan 20, 1887, the Senate voted 43–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–5, Democrats 20–6. 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
- 43
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 20, 1887
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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