Senate roll call 26 · 50th Congress · Feb 15, 1888
To amend, S. 371, by striking out that section of the bill which requires a report from the governor of a state or territory, giving details of their school sys
On Feb 15, 1888, the Senate voted 25–44 (S 371). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–11, Republicans 1–34. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 25
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Feb 15, 1888
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 34 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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