Senate roll call 423 · 49th Congress · Feb 25, 1887
To amend H. J. RES. 170, by retaining section six of the bill permitting the treasury to invest sinking funds which are or may be held by it for security of the
On Feb 25, 1887, the Senate voted 37–9 (HJR 170). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–2, Democrats 12–7. 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
- 37
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 25, 1887
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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 Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- 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
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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