Senate roll call 420 · 49th Congress · Feb 25, 1887
To amend an amendment to H. J. RES. 170, (24 stat 488), authorizing an investigation of the books, accounts, and methods of the pacific railroads which have rec
On Feb 25, 1887, the Senate voted 26–14 (HJR 170). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–5, Democrats 8–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 26
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 25, 1887
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 5 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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