Senate roll call 75 · 49th Congress · Apr 7, 1886
To amend S. 777, a bill to increase the efficiency of the army, by eliminating a provision setting the size of the army at not to exceed 30,000 men.
On Apr 7, 1886, the Senate voted 22–22 (S 777). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–24, Democrats 18–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 7, 1886
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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