Senate roll call 388 · 50th Congress · Mar 2, 1889
To go into executive session; no quorum voting.
On Mar 2, 1889, the Senate voted 11–21. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–9, Republicans 3–13. 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
- 11
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 2, 1889
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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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