Senate roll call 346 · 50th Congress · Feb 11, 1889
To table a resolution removing the injunction of secrecy from all votes on amendments and resolutions of ratification on a treaty between U.S. And britain regar
On Feb 11, 1889, the Senate voted 13–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–12, Republicans 2–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 13
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 11, 1889
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson 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 Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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