Senate roll call 367 · 50th Congress · Feb 28, 1889
To consider a resolution providing to remove the injunction of secrecy from sherman's speech on the ratification of a treaty between the U.S. And nicaragua, in
On Feb 28, 1889, the Senate voted 12–42. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–26, Republicans 12–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 12
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 28, 1889
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
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