Senate roll call 132 · 50th Congress · Jul 17, 1888
To pass S. 239, a bill to appoint general fremont to the army and then place him on retired list with rank of major general because of distinguished service in
On Jul 17, 1888, the Senate voted 29–21 (S 239). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 5–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 29
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 17, 1888
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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