Senate roll call 113 · 50th Congress · May 29, 1888
To pass S. 2210, providing that the grade of lieutenant general of the army be discontinued and merged in the grade of general, which grade shall continue durin
On May 29, 1888, the Senate voted 34–7 (S 2210). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 12–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 7
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 29, 1888
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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