Senate roll call 399 · 49th Congress · Feb 18, 1887
To amend H. R. 10419, rivers and harbor appropriations bill, by increasing the appropriation for improvement of the arkansas river.
On Feb 18, 1887, the Senate voted 36–14 (HR 10419). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 20–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 36
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 18, 1887
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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