Senate roll call 165 · 50th Congress · Aug 10, 1888
To amend S. 3340, for the donation of fort brooke military reservation at tampa, florida for free schools and other purposes, by providing that the proceeds fro
On Aug 10, 1888, the Senate voted 19–20 (S 3340). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–9, Republicans 6–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 19
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 10, 1888
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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