Senate roll call 398 · 49th Congress · Feb 18, 1887
To agree to conference committee report on S. 10, (24 stat 635), a bill relating to ploygamy in utah.
On Feb 18, 1887, the Senate voted 37–13 (S 10). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–1, Democrats 9–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 37
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 18, 1887
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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