Senate roll call 131 · 49th Congress · May 17, 1886
To pass a resolution confirming the appointment of virginia, campbell thompson as postmaster at louisville, jefferson county, kentucky.
On May 17, 1886, the Senate voted 40–6. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–10, Republicans 26–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 40
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 17, 1886
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- 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 Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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