Senate roll call 77 · 50th Congress · Apr 9, 1888
To amend S. 1176, a bill authorizing the sale to aliens of certain mineral lands, by allowing individual aliens to acquire mining rights and interests in the te
On Apr 9, 1888, the Senate voted 20–17 (S 1176). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Republicans 4–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 20
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 9, 1888
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1176, a bill authorizing the…: Senate Vote, Apr 9, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-S-77/to-amend-s-1176-a-bill-authorizing-the-sale (accessed 2026-10-17).