Senate roll call 94 · 49th Congress · Apr 20, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of william s. Rosecrans, as register of the treasury.
On Apr 20, 1886, the Senate voted 43–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–2, Republicans 16–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 43
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Apr 20, 1886
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger 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 Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Mahone R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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