Senate roll call 67 · 49th Congress · Mar 26, 1886
To pass the fourth resolution referring to relations between the Senate and the executive departments, which provides that disabled veterans shall be preferred
On Mar 26, 1886, the Senate voted 56–1. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–0, Democrats 23–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- 56
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 26, 1886
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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