Senate roll call 380 · 49th Congress · Feb 10, 1887
To pass H. R. 5538 (24 stat 434), a bill relating to importing and landing of mackerel caught during the spawning season.
On Feb 10, 1887, the Senate voted 34–11 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–4, Democrats 12–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 34
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 10, 1887
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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