Senate roll call 50 · 49th Congress · Mar 5, 1886
To amend S. 194, by increasing the appropriation among remaining states by such amounts refused by other states.
On Mar 5, 1886, the Senate voted 31–19 (S 194). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–12, Democrats 15–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 31
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 5, 1886
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair 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
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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