Senate roll call 23 · 50th Congress · Feb 8, 1888
To postpone until the first monday in december the consideration of a treaty between the U.S. And britain concerning the extradition of prisoners charged with c
On Feb 8, 1888, the Senate voted 23–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Republicans 14–10. 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
- 23
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 8, 1888
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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