Senate roll call 62 · 50th Congress · Mar 20, 1888
To consider S. 1226, a bill relating to john n. Quackenbush, concerning the grade of commander in the navy, and to correct an error in relation to an appointmen
On Mar 20, 1888, the Senate voted 47–5 (S 1226). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–1, Democrats 21–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 47
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 20, 1888
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-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
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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