Senate roll call 73 · 49th Congress · Apr 5, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of william l. Trenholm as comptroller of currency.
On Apr 5, 1886, the Senate voted 42–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–2, Democrats 17–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 42
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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