Senate roll call 160 · 49th Congress · Jun 7, 1886
To refer H. R. 8328, (24 stat l. 209), a bill defining butter and imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation and exportation of oleom
On Jun 7, 1886, the Senate voted 22–21 (HR 8328). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–6, Democrats 4–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 22
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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