Senate roll call 444 · 49th Congress · Mar 2, 1887
To amend H. R. 2441 (24 stat 552), a bill to amend sections one, two, three and ten of an act to determine the jurisdiction of U.S. Circuit courts and to regula
On Mar 2, 1887, the Senate voted 25–18 (HR 2441). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–4, Democrats 3–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 25
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1887
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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