Senate roll call 403 · 49th Congress · Feb 19, 1887
To proceed to consideration of executive business, during debate on H. R. 10419, rivers and harbors appropriation bill.
On Feb 19, 1887, the Senate voted 20–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Democrats 8–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 19, 1887
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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