Senate roll call 77 · 49th Congress · Apr 7, 1886
To amend S. 777, by eliminating the provision that fuel in kind only shall be issued to the officers of the army, without cost, by the quartermaster's departmen
On Apr 7, 1886, the Senate voted 8–30 (S 777). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–21, Democrats 5–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 8
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- 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
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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