Senate roll call 54 · 49th Congress · Mar 11, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of richmond s. Dement, as surveyor general of the territory of utah.
On Mar 11, 1886, the Senate voted 25–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 18–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 25
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 11, 1886
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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