Senate roll call 145 · 50th Congress · Jul 30, 1888
To amend H. R. 10540, by appropriating $250,000 for investigation of the redeeming of arid regions of the U.S. By irrigation.
On Jul 30, 1888, the Senate voted 29–18 (HR 10540). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–4, Democrats 9–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 29
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jul 30, 1888
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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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