Senate roll call 459 · 49th Congress · Mar 3, 1887
To concur in an amendment made in committee of the whole, to H. R. 11234, which amendment provides for paying the wards of the court of claims indemnity for spo
On Mar 3, 1887, the Senate voted 34–12 (HR 11234). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–5, Democrats 10–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 34
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 3, 1887
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS 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
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- 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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