Senate roll call 53 · 49th Congress · Mar 10, 1886
To amend S. 149, a bill forfeiting a part of certain lands granted to the state of iowa to aid in the construction of railroads in that state and for other purp
On Mar 10, 1886, the Senate voted 11–29 (S 149). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–14, Democrats 2–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Mar 10, 1886
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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