Senate roll call 375 · 49th Congress · Feb 4, 1887
To amend S. 2578, by providing that this act shall not be construed to prevent members of either house from appearing as counsel in suits by or against railroad
On Feb 4, 1887, the Senate voted 22–28 (S 2578). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Democrats 12–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 4, 1887
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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