Senate roll call 223 · 49th Congress · Jul 8, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by eliminating an appropriation for improving the muskingum river in ohio and providing that the U.S. Refuse to accept the improvements mad
On Jul 8, 1886, the Senate voted 23–25 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–12, Republicans 11–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 8, 1886
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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