Senate roll call 384 · 49th Congress · Feb 11, 1887
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 6393 (24 stat 419), a bill to authorize the FT. Worth and denver city r.r. To construct and operate a railway thro
On Feb 11, 1887, the Senate voted 18–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–12, Democrats 7–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 18
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 11, 1887
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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