Senate roll call 100 · 49th Congress · Apr 28, 1886
To proceed to consideration of executive business.
On Apr 28, 1886, the Senate voted 34–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–23, Democrats 28–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 34
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 28, 1886
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- 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
- 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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