Senate roll call 309 · 49th Congress · Aug 2, 1886
To pass a resolution confirming the appointment of james h. Freeman as marshal of the U.S. For the western district of tennessee.
On Aug 2, 1886, the Senate voted 11–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–18, Republicans 9–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 11
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Aug 2, 1886
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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