Senate roll call 288 · 50th Congress · Jan 10, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by imposing a separate duty on gold watches and cases, of 40 per cent ad valorem.
On Jan 10, 1889, the Senate voted 22–20 (HR 9051). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–15, Democrats 14–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 22
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 10, 1889
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- 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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