Senate roll call 5 · 49th Congress · Mar 18, 1885
To remove injunction of secrecy on a resolution relative to the invasion of nicaragua, costa rica and san salvador.
On Mar 18, 1885, the Senate voted 26–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–7, Democrats 6–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 18, 1885
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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