Senate roll call 435 · 49th Congress · Mar 1, 1887
To amend H.R. 391, a bill "declaring forfeited certain lands granted to the state of michigan to aid in the construction of a railroad from ontonagon to the wis
On Mar 1, 1887, the Senate voted 23–31 (HR 391). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–15, Democrats 7–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 23
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 1, 1887
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- William Mahone R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson 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 Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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