Senate roll call 58 · 50th Congress · Mar 8, 1888
To pass S. 181.
On Mar 8, 1888, the Senate voted 44–16 (S 181). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–0, Democrats 14–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 44
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Mar 8, 1888
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 19 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.