Senate roll call 369 · 49th Congress · Feb 4, 1887
To amend S. 2578 by providing that this act shall not prevent members of either house of Congress from appearing as counsel in suits by or against such railroad
On Feb 4, 1887, the Senate voted 26–27 (S 2578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–12, Democrats 7–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 26
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 4, 1887
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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