Senate roll call 219 · 49th Congress · Jul 7, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by eliminating an appropriation for the improvement of the hiawassie river in tennessee.
On Jul 7, 1886, the Senate voted 25–15 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–1, Democrats 5–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 25
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jul 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 1 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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