Senate roll call 222 · 49th Congress · Jul 8, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by reducing the appropriation for the continued improvement of the kentucky river.
On Jul 8, 1886, the Senate voted 21–26 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–22, Republicans 18–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 8, 1886
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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