Senate roll call 96 · 49th Congress · Apr 20, 1886
Confirmation of the nomination of a. B. Keith, as postmaster at denison in the county of crawford and state of iowa.
On Apr 20, 1886, the Senate voted 23–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–28, Democrats 24–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 23
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Apr 20, 1886
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 28 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- 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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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