Senate roll call 25 · 50th Congress · Feb 15, 1888
To amend S. 371, by eliminating SEC. 2 and inserting that such money be divided annually among the states, territories and the district of columbia, according t
On Feb 15, 1888, the Senate voted 22–48 (S 371). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–20, Democrats 6–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 22
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Feb 15, 1888
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Wade Hampton 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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