Senate roll call 339 · 50th Congress · Jan 31, 1889
To amend a treaty between U.S. And great britain by inserting in article 1 clause 4 after word "explosions", the words "whereby the life of any person shall be
On Jan 31, 1889, the Senate voted 9–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–19, Democrats 5–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 9
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 31, 1889
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 19 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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