Senate roll call 409 · 49th Congress · Feb 23, 1887
To amend H. R. 5190, a bill to enlarge the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and to create an executive department to be known as the departmen
On Feb 23, 1887, the Senate voted 37–15 (HR 5190). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–13, Democrats 20–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 15
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 23, 1887
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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