Senate roll call 21 · 49th Congress · Jan 11, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of dorman b. Eaton, as civil service commissioner.
On Jan 11, 1886, the Senate voted 42–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–11, Democrats 22–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 42
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 11, 1886
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- William Mahone R-VA voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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