Senate roll call 342 · 50th Congress · Jan 31, 1889
To concur in amendment made in committee of the whole to H. R. 11879, which raises title of U.S. Representative to france, germany, great britain and russia, to
On Jan 31, 1889, the Senate voted 25–26 (HR 11879). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–9, Democrats 9–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 25
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 31, 1889
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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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