Senate roll call 257 · 50th Congress · Jan 5, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by eliminating duty on manufactures of flax, hemp, jute or other vegetable fiber, except cotton, of which flax, hemp, ju
On Jan 5, 1889, the Senate voted 16–23 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–25, Democrats 16–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 5, 1889
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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