Senate roll call 114 · 50th Congress · May 31, 1888
To pass S. 287, a bill to quiet the title to lands of settlers on the des moines river in the state of iowa and for other purposes.
On May 31, 1888, the Senate voted 28–11 (S 287). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–9, Republicans 17–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 28
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 31, 1888
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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