Senate roll call 383 · 49th Congress · Feb 11, 1887
To pass S. 994, granting to california five per cent of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands within her limits.
On Feb 11, 1887, the Senate voted 41–5 (S 994). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–1, Democrats 17–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 41
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 11, 1887
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 4 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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