Senate roll call 346 · 49th Congress · Jan 24, 1887
To amend S. 3173, a bill regarding the fishing rights of the U.S., by inserting as follows, "whenever the President shall be satisfied that american vessels or
On Jan 24, 1887, the Senate voted 6–40 (S 3173). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–29, Democrats 6–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 6 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
- 6
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 24, 1887
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 29 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- 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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