Senate roll call 139 · 50th Congress · Jul 24, 1888
To amend H. R. 10556, a bill making appropriations for the naval services for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1889, by appropriating $10,000,000 each for two ve
On Jul 24, 1888, the Senate voted 9–41 (HR 10556). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–21, Democrats 3–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 9
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 24, 1888
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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