Senate roll call 212 · 49th Congress · Jul 3, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, rivers and harbors appropriations bill, by striking words "prohibiting the expenditure of sums appropriated under this act on lands on whic
On Jul 3, 1886, the Senate voted 9–41 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–23, Republicans 6–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 3, 1886
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 7480, rivers and harbors…: Senate Vote, Jul 3, 1886,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-S-212/to-amend-h-r-7480-rivers-and-harbors-appropriations (accessed 2026-10-17).