Senate roll call 446 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
Confirmation of the nomination of james m. Trotter, as recorder of deeds for the district of columbia.
On Mar 3, 1887, the Senate voted 30–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–7, Democrats 11–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 30
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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