Senate roll call 46 · 49th Congress · Mar 5, 1886
To amend S. 194, by providing that states would lose the benefits of any of the appropriations under this act if they did not instruct in physiology and hygiene
On Mar 5, 1886, the Senate voted 12–35 (S 194). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 3–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 12
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- William Mahone R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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