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Senate roll call 167 · 50th Congress · Aug 10, 1888

To pass a resolution providing that after this date the hour of the meeting of the Senate be twelve o'clock, noon, instead of eleven o'clock.

On Aug 10, 1888, the Senate voted 17–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–25, Democrats 17–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
17
No
22
Did not vote
33
Date
Aug 10, 1888

By party

  • Democrats17 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
  • Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass a resolution providing that after…: Senate Vote, Aug 10, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-S-167/to-pass-a-resolution-providing-that-after-this-date (accessed 2026-10-15).

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