Senate roll call 395 · 49th Congress · Feb 17, 1887
To amend S. 2288, a bill to incorporate the atlantic and pacific ship railway company, by providing that the rate of interest on all bonds issued for constructi
On Feb 17, 1887, the Senate voted 10–42 (S 2288). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–23, Democrats 6–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 10
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 17, 1887
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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