Senate roll call 419 · 49th Congress · Feb 25, 1887
To go into executive session.
On Feb 25, 1887, the Senate voted 21–36. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–15, Democrats 5–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 21
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 25, 1887
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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