Senate roll call 155 · 49th Congress · Jun 2, 1886
To amend S. 1812, a bill providing for taxation of railroad grant lands and for other purposes, by providing that lands not ascertained and allocated as within
On Jun 2, 1886, the Senate voted 9–32 (S 1812). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–14, Democrats 1–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jun 2, 1886
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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