Senate roll call 457 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
To amend H. R. 11234 by paying the wards of the court of claims indemnity for spoilations by the french prior to july 31, 1801.
On Mar 3, 1887, the Senate voted 36–13 (HR 11234). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–4, Democrats 11–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 36
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 4 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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