Senate roll call 378 · 50th Congress · Mar 1, 1889
To amend H. R. 12571, by eliminating clause giving congressional employees, including capitol police, on payroll october 20, 1888, a sum equal to one month's pa
On Mar 1, 1889, the Senate voted 15–35 (HR 12571). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–21, Republicans 9–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 15
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 1, 1889
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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