Senate roll call 261 · 50th Congress · Jan 8, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by reducing the duty on material suitable for covering cotton, composed in whole or in part of hemp, jute, or jute butts
On Jan 8, 1889, the Senate voted 19–25 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–26, Democrats 21–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 19
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 8, 1889
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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