Senate roll call 22 · 50th Congress · Feb 2, 1888
To provide that when Senate adjourns today it do so to meet on monday next, february 6.
On Feb 2, 1888, the Senate voted 38–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–17, Democrats 23–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 38
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 2, 1888
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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