Senate roll call 15 · 50th Congress · Jan 24, 1888
To amend a resolution regarding appointment of a select committee for the consideration of President's message in reference to pacific railroad, by referring TH
On Jan 24, 1888, the Senate voted 54–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–3, Democrats 20–12. 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
- 54
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jan 24, 1888
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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