Senate roll call 204 · 49th Congress · Jul 2, 1886
To amend H. R. 8974, by striking from the appropriation for office of sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, the provision for a foreman.
On Jul 2, 1886, the Senate voted 24–23 (HR 8974). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–9, Republicans 11–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 2, 1886
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell 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
- William Mahone R-VA
- 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
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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