Senate roll call 374 · 49th Congress · Feb 4, 1887
To amend S. 2578, by making it unlawful for any member of Congress to accept compensation for services rendered, in oppostion to the interests of the U.S. In an
On Feb 4, 1887, the Senate voted 10–39 (S 2578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–23, Democrats 7–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 4, 1887
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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