Senate roll call 45 · 50th Congress · Feb 27, 1888
To amend S. 1305 by providing that all laborers employed in such work shall either be native or naturalized citizens of the U.S.
On Feb 27, 1888, the Senate voted 10–33 (S 1305). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–11, Republicans 0–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 10
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 27, 1888
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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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