Senate roll call 125 · 49th Congress · May 12, 1886
To amend S. 1532, by inserting after the word "direction" in section four, line six, the words "and from the same original point of departure, or to the same po
On May 12, 1886, the Senate voted 27–24 (S 1532). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–2, Democrats 2–25. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 27
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 12, 1886
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 25 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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