Senate roll call 79 · 49th Congress · Apr 7, 1886
To pass S. 777. 10
On Apr 7, 1886, the Senate voted 19–31 (S 777). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–12, Democrats 2–28. 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
- 19
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 28 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.