Senate roll call 322 · 49th Congress · Dec 9, 1886
To adjourn until monday next at 12 o'clock.
On Dec 9, 1886, the Senate voted 23–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 11–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 23
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 9, 1886
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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