Senate roll call 358 · 49th Congress · Jan 31, 1887
To amend H. R. 10072, (24 stat 509), sundry civil appropriations bill for fiscal 1888, by appropriating money for the construction of an elevator in the Senate
On Jan 31, 1887, the Senate voted 34–14 (HR 10072). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–8, Democrats 15–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 34
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 31, 1887
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson 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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