Senate roll call 185 · 49th Congress · Jun 22, 1886
To pass S. 2661, concerning the grade of commander in the navy, and to correct an error in relation to an appointment therein.
On Jun 22, 1886, the Senate voted 22–17 (S 2661). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–9, Republicans 13–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 22, 1886
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 9 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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