Senate roll call 60 · 50th Congress · Mar 16, 1888
To amend S. 977, a bill regulating the importation of foreign merchandise and to secure uniformity in the classification and valuation thereof, by declaring the
On Mar 16, 1888, the Senate voted 5–47 (S 977). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–28, Democrats 5–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 6 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
- 5
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 16, 1888
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 977, a bill regulating the…: Senate Vote, Mar 16, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-S-60/to-amend-s-977-a-bill-regulating-the-importation (accessed 2026-10-17).