Senate roll call 40 · 50th Congress · Feb 23, 1888
To amend S. 931, by providing that the company shall report to the commission of the district of columbia all details regarding its business, such as stockholde
On Feb 23, 1888, the Senate voted 18–22 (S 931). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–3, Democrats 0–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 23, 1888
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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 Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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