Senate roll call 27 · 50th Congress · Feb 15, 1888
To amend S. 371, by eliminating that section of the bill which requires a statement from the governor of any state or territory regarding the disbursements of s
On Feb 15, 1888, the Senate voted 24–45 (S 371). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–35, Democrats 24–10. 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
- 24
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Feb 15, 1888
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 35 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- 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
- 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco 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
- 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
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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