Senate roll call 343 · 49th Congress · Jan 21, 1887
To reconsider the vote by which it was agreed that when the Senate adjourn today it be to meet on wednesday next.
On Jan 21, 1887, the Senate voted 21–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–12, Democrats 4–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 21, 1887
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- 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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