Senate roll call 81 · 49th Congress · Apr 8, 1886
To amend S. 1484, by providing that stocks and bonds issued for the construction of this road shall have stamped on their face the actual amount of money paid i
On Apr 8, 1886, the Senate voted 17–27 (S 1484). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 5–16. 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
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 8, 1886
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- George Hearst D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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