Senate roll call 93 · 49th Congress · Apr 20, 1886
To pass a resolution of ratification of the convention between the U.S. And mexico, providing for the reopening and retrying of the claims of benjamin weil and
On Apr 20, 1886, the Senate voted 32–26. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–13, Democrats 14–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 32
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 20, 1886
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 17 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- William Mahone R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- 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
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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