Senate roll call 422 · 49th Congress · Feb 25, 1887
To amend S. J. RES. 170, by retaining section five in the proposed amendment, to increase from 25 per cent to 40 per cent the contribution of railroads to gover
On Feb 25, 1887, the Senate voted 14–27 (HJR 170). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–24, Democrats 14–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 14
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 25, 1887
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- 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
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. J. RES. 170, by retaining…: Senate Vote, Feb 25, 1887,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-S-422/to-amend-s-j-res-170-by-retaining-section (accessed 2026-10-16).