To amend motion to postpone the nicaragua canal resolution, so that the motion reads, "until the 1st wed. After the first monday in december next."

On Jul 31, 1886, the Senate voted 41–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–12, Democrats 25–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 41
No: 14
Did not vote: 23
Date: Jul 31, 1886

By party

Democrats25 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
William Mahone R-VA voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend motion to postpone the nicaragua…: Senate Vote, Jul 31, 1886,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-S-304/to-amend-motion-to-postpone-the-nicaragua-canal-resolution (accessed 2026-10-17).