Senate roll call 374 · 50th Congress · Feb 28, 1889
To adjourn.
On Feb 28, 1889, the Senate voted 14–16. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–12, Democrats 9–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 14
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 28, 1889
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.