Senate roll call 440 · 49th Congress · Mar 2, 1887
Confirmation of the nomination of thomas e. Benedict as public printer.
On Mar 2, 1887, the Senate voted 37–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–15, Democrats 26–0. 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
- 37
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 2, 1887
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- William Mahone R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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