Senate roll call 163 · 49th Congress · Jun 8, 1886
To amend S. 371, by providing that cadets honorably discharged may, by passing such examination as shall be fixed by the navy department, and by also passing a
On Jun 8, 1886, the Senate voted 17–22 (S 371). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–14, Democrats 9–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 17
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 8, 1886
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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