Senate roll call 170 · 50th Congress · Aug 16, 1888
To agree to the report of the committee on conference on the army appropriation bill, H. R. 10234, reducing appropriations for the construction of ordinance.
On Aug 16, 1888, the Senate voted 30–11 (HR 10234). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–0, Democrats 10–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 30
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Aug 16, 1888
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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