Senate roll call 16 · 50th Congress · Jan 25, 1888
To amend H. R. 4271, a bill making appropriations for deficiencies for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1887, by eliminating the clause fixing the rate of intere
On Jan 25, 1888, the Senate voted 24–25 (HR 4271). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–7, Democrats 4–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 24
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 25, 1888
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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