Senate roll call 321 · 49th Congress · Dec 8, 1886
To amend S. 10 so as to prevent a husband or wife from testifying against the other as to any confidential communication.
On Dec 8, 1886, the Senate voted 11–42 (S 10). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–28, Democrats 8–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 8, 1886
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 28 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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