Senate roll call 284 · 50th Congress · Jan 10, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by increasing the duty on precious stones of all kinds, cut but not set, from ten to 25 per cent ad valorem; no quorum v
On Jan 10, 1889, the Senate voted 17–18 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–17, Democrats 14–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 17
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 10, 1889
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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