Senate roll call 389 · 50th Congress · Mar 2, 1889
To go into executive session; no quorum voting.
On Mar 2, 1889, the Senate voted 15–15. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Republicans 4–7. 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
- 15
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 2, 1889
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 7 no · 28 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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