Senate roll call 389 · 49th Congress · Feb 14, 1887
To postpone debate on S. 2288, a bill to incorporate the atlantic and pacific ship railway company, and continue consideration of S. 3286, a bill for the constr
On Feb 14, 1887, the Senate voted 24–28 (S 2288). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–7, Democrats 4–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 24
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 14, 1887
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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