Senate roll call 439 · 49th Congress · Mar 1, 1887
To amend H. R. 2851, a bill to settle private land claims in the territories of new mexico and arizona, by compelling owners of land in these territories whose
On Mar 1, 1887, the Senate voted 31–15 (HR 2851). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–13, Democrats 19–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 31
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 1, 1887
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Mahone R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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