Senate roll call 72 · 50th Congress · Apr 4, 1888
To pass S. 325, a bill granting right of way through the crow indian reservation to the billings, clark's fork and cooke city railroad.
On Apr 4, 1888, the Senate voted 29–15 (S 325). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–4, Republicans 10–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 4, 1888
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- 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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