Senate roll call 74 · 49th Congress · Apr 5, 1886
To adjourn motion made during the consideration of the nomination of james c. Matthews as recorder of deeds in the district of columbia.
On Apr 5, 1886, the Senate voted 24–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–9, Democrats 5–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- 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
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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