Senate roll call 21 · 50th Congress · Jan 31, 1888
To adjourn, while considering certain nominations.
On Jan 31, 1888, the Senate voted 31–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–2, Republicans 8–11. 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
- 31
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 31, 1888
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- 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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