Senate roll call 396 · 49th Congress · Feb 17, 1887
To pass S. 2288.
On Feb 17, 1887, the Senate voted 46–7 (S 2288). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–6, Democrats 21–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 9 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
- 46
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 17, 1887
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- 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
- Wilkinson Call 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
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.