Senate roll call 322 · 50th Congress · Jan 22, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by levying a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem on silk, raw, or as reeled from the cocoon, but not doubled, twisted or adva
On Jan 22, 1889, the Senate voted 21–35 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–19, Democrats 9–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 22, 1889
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- 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
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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