Senate roll call 189 · 50th Congress · Sep 21, 1888
To amend H. R. 8191, (25 stat. L. 659), to enlarge the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and to create an executive department to be known as t
On Sep 21, 1888, the Senate voted 33–9 (HR 8191). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–3, Democrats 13–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 33
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Sep 21, 1888
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 8191, (25 stat. L. 659), to…: Senate Vote, Sep 21, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-S-189/to-amend-h-r-8191-25-stat-l-659 (accessed 2026-10-17).