Senate roll call 320 · 50th Congress · Jan 22, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by increasing duty from one cent to two cents a pound on cleaned rice, and from 1/2 cent to 1 1/4 cent pound on uncleane
On Jan 22, 1889, the Senate voted 20–36 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–12, Republicans 4–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 20
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 22, 1889
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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