Senate roll call 56 · 49th Congress · Mar 12, 1886
To amend S. 149, by excluding from litigation with the chicago, milwaukee and ST. Paul railway company, and john h. Gear, governor, and others, any lands which
On Mar 12, 1886, the Senate voted 10–29 (S 149). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–11, Democrats 1–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Mar 12, 1886
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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