Senate roll call 378 · 49th Congress · Feb 7, 1887
To pass a resolution confirming the appoint of james matthews as recorder of deeds in the district of columbia, and removing the injunction of secrecy from all
On Feb 7, 1887, the Senate voted 46–1. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–0, Democrats 17–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- 46
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 7, 1887
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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