Senate roll call 260 · 49th Congress · Jul 20, 1886
To amend H. R. 8328, by establishing a tax of two cents per pound on oleomargarine manufactured and sold, to be paid by manufacturers thereof.
On Jul 20, 1886, the Senate voted 32–28 (HR 8328). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–27, Democrats 27–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 32
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 20, 1886
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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