Senate roll call 67 · 50th Congress · Mar 29, 1888
To pass S. 71, a bill relating to the claim of rear admiral samuel p. Carter of the U.S. Navy for pay and compensation of a rear admiral on the retired list.
On Mar 29, 1888, the Senate voted 29–13 (S 71). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–5, Democrats 14–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 29
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 29, 1888
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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