Senate roll call 59 · 49th Congress · Mar 18, 1886
To make S. 714, a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U.S., the special order for wednesday, march 31.
On Mar 18, 1886, the Senate voted 33–14 (S 714). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–3, Democrats 9–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 33
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 18, 1886
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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