Senate roll call 339 · 49th Congress · Jan 18, 1887
To amend H. R. 3186, a bill to declare a forfeiture of lands granted to the new orleans, baton rouge and vicksburg railroad company, by striking all after the e
On Jan 18, 1887, the Senate voted 11–35 (HR 3186). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–25, Democrats 11–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 35
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 18, 1887
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 25 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike 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
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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