Senate roll call 137 · 50th Congress · Jul 19, 1888
To pass a resolution, appointing samuel f. Bigelow U.S. Attorney for the district of new jersey.
On Jul 19, 1888, the Senate voted 3–39. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–18, Republicans 0–31. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 3
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 19, 1888
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 18 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 31 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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