Senate roll call 367 · 49th Congress · Feb 4, 1887
To amend S. 2578, by deleting from the bill a clause making it a punishable offense for congressmen to act as attorneys or receive payment for any services to b
On Feb 4, 1887, the Senate voted 25–26 (S 2578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–21, Democrats 19–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 25
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 4, 1887
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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