Senate roll call 10 · 50th Congress · Jan 18, 1888
To amend S. 139, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury, to pay each state a sum equal to the tax collected therein on raw cotton, said sums to be held by
On Jan 18, 1888, the Senate voted 16–46 (S 139). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–33, Democrats 15–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 16
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jan 18, 1888
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 33 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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