Senate roll call 338 · 50th Congress · Jan 31, 1889
To r commit to committee on foreign relation, a resolution regarding the convention between U.S. And great britain concerning the extradition of persons charged
On Jan 31, 1889, the Senate voted 20–23. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–24, Democrats 21–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 23
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 31, 1889
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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