Senate roll call 386 · 50th Congress · Mar 2, 1889
To consider S. J. RES. 12, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. In relation to the manufacture, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoh
On Mar 2, 1889, the Senate voted 13–33 (SJR 12). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–28, Republicans 17–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 2, 1889
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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