Senate roll call 65 · 50th Congress · Mar 26, 1888
To table the amendment to H. R. 5034, which provides that the treasury notes to be issued are receivable for government dues and lgal tender only between nation
On Mar 26, 1888, the Senate voted 24–24 (HR 5034). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–9, Democrats 7–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 24
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 26, 1888
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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