Senate roll call 359 · 49th Congress · Feb 2, 1887
To pass H. R. 10203, a bill to make an appropriation of $10,000 to buy seeds for distribution in certain counties in texas where the crops were wholly destroyed
On Feb 2, 1887, the Senate voted 34–16 (HR 10203). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–9, Democrats 12–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 34
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 2, 1887
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- 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
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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