Senate roll call 71 · 50th Congress · Apr 4, 1888
To proceed to consideration of S. 325, a bill granting right of way through the crow indian reservation to the billings', clark's fork and cooke city railroad c
On Apr 4, 1888, the Senate voted 34–17 (S 325). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–13, Democrats 21–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 34
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 4, 1888
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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