Senate roll call 239 · 49th Congress · Jul 13, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by providing for the surrender of the hennepin canal to the state of illinois whenever the U.S. Shall deem it inadvisable to continue its c
On Jul 13, 1886, the Senate voted 15–25 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–21, Democrats 14–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jul 13, 1886
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 21 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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 Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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