Senate roll call 404 · 49th Congress · Feb 21, 1887
To adjourn over washington's birthday.
On Feb 21, 1887, the Senate voted 18–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–25, Democrats 9–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 21, 1887
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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