Senate roll call 43 · 50th Congress · Feb 27, 1888
To amend S. 1305, by providing that no part of the capital stocks paid in shall be, at any time, withdrawn or returned to the stockholders or in any manner dive
On Feb 27, 1888, the Senate voted 17–26 (S 1305). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–23, Democrats 19–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 27, 1888
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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