Senate roll call 66 · 50th Congress · Mar 26, 1888
To amend H. R. 5034, by stipulating that the volume of paper money outstanding (exclusive of gold and silver certificates) shall remain as now existing.
On Mar 26, 1888, the Senate voted 28–21 (HR 5034). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–18, Democrats 20–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 28
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 26, 1888
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock 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
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- 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
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