Senate roll call 215 · 49th Congress · Jul 6, 1886
To consider executive business, motion made during debate on H. R. 7480.
On Jul 6, 1886, the Senate voted 31–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–5, Republicans 10–13. 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
- 31
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 6, 1886
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- William Mahone R-VA
- 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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