Senate roll call 247 · 49th Congress · Jul 15, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by striking out a paragraph directing the secretary of war to ascertain the value of the works and property of the green and barren river n
On Jul 15, 1886, the Senate voted 21–26 (HR 7480). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–12, Democrats 8–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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 15, 1886
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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