Senate roll call 176 · 49th Congress · Jun 15, 1886
To amend S. 2172, a bill to restore to U.S. Certain lands granted to northern pacific railroad company to aid in construction of a railroad from puget sound to
On Jun 15, 1886, the Senate voted 24–18 (S 2172). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–15, Democrats 23–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 24
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 15, 1886
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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