Senate roll call 371 · 49th Congress · Feb 4, 1887
To amend S. 2578, by making it unlawful for any member of Congress after the expiration of six months from the passage of this bill to own or be interested in a
On Feb 4, 1887, the Senate voted 6–46 (S 2578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–26, Democrats 4–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 6
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 4, 1887
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- 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
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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