Senate roll call 400 · 49th Congress · Feb 18, 1887
To amend H. R. 10419, the rivers and harbor appropriations bill, by striking a proviso withholding from the SEC. Of war the power to purchase land needed for ri
On Feb 18, 1887, the Senate voted 17–37 (HR 10419). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–14, Democrats 0–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 18, 1887
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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