Senate roll call 355 · 49th Congress · Jan 29, 1887
To postpone consideration of S. 2578, prohibiting members of Congress from acting as attorneys or employees of railroad companies holding charters or receiving
On Jan 29, 1887, the Senate voted 24–20 (S 2578). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–11, Democrats 10–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 24
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 29, 1887
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Zebulon Baird Vance 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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