Senate roll call 229 · 49th Congress · Jul 9, 1886
To pass a bill directing the secretary of the treasury to pay captain wardwell, assistant quartermaster of U.S. Volunteers, the salary and allowances of U.S. Ar
On Jul 9, 1886, the Senate voted 28–19 (S 145). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Republicans 11–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 28
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 9, 1886
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- 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 Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner 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
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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