Senate roll call 12 · 50th Congress · Jan 18, 1888
To pass S. 139.
On Jan 18, 1888, the Senate voted 48–10 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–5, Democrats 22–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jan 18, 1888
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.