Senate roll call 368 · 49th Congress · Feb 4, 1887
To amend an amendment to S. 2578, by striking from the amendment that section which makes it unlawful for congressmen to accept employment as attorneys, or to r
On Feb 4, 1887, the Senate voted 27–27 (S 2578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–12, Democrats 13–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 27
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 4, 1887
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- William Mahone R-VA voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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