Senate roll call 280 · 49th Congress · Jul 24, 1886
To amend an amendment to H. R. 9478, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue redeemable silver certificates for all the surplus silver now in the
On Jul 24, 1886, the Senate voted 28–17 (HR 9478). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–6, Democrats 9–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 24, 1886
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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