Senate roll call 11 · 50th Congress · Jan 18, 1888
To amend S. 139 by eliminating a proviso beginning in line eight, section three, and inserting instead; "all monies assessed and collected as part of the direct
On Jan 18, 1888, the Senate voted 10–48 (S 139). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–22, Democrats 1–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 10
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jan 18, 1888
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 139 by eliminating a proviso…: Senate Vote, Jan 18, 1888,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/50-S-11/to-amend-s-139-by-eliminating-a-proviso-beginning (accessed 2026-10-17).