Senate roll call 45 · 49th Congress · Mar 5, 1886
To amend S. 194 by providing that such monies appropriated under this act as are declined by state legislatures shall go to increase the amount for distribution
On Mar 5, 1886, the Senate voted 25–23 (S 194). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 13–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 23
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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