Senate roll call 216 · 49th Congress · Jul 7, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by making free of toll to commerce the sturgeon bay and lake michigan ship canal.
On Jul 7, 1886, the Senate voted 36–16 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–5, Democrats 13–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 36
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
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
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- 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
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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