Senate roll call 258 · 50th Congress · Jan 7, 1889
To pass S. J. RES. 122, declaring the disapproval of Congress respecting the connections of european governments with interoceanic canals at the isthmus of dari
On Jan 7, 1889, the Senate voted 49–3 (SJR 122). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–0, Democrats 20–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 3 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
- 49
- No
- 3
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 7, 1889
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson 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
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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