Senate roll call 357 · 49th Congress · Jan 29, 1887
To pass S. 2436, a bill to amend sections 2474 and 2475 of the revised statutes of the U.S., by setting apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters
On Jan 29, 1887, the Senate voted 49–8 (S 2436). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–1, Democrats 19–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 49
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 29, 1887
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 2436, a bill to amend sections…: Senate Vote, Jan 29, 1887,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/49-S-357/to-pass-s-2436-a-bill-to-amend-sections (accessed 2026-10-17).