Senate roll call 39 · 49th Congress · Feb 25, 1886
To pass S. J. RES. 35, setting apart public reservations for statues to columbus, lafayette, and james garfield.
On Feb 25, 1886, the Senate voted 31–12 (SJR 35). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–9, Democrats 13–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 25, 1886
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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