Senate roll call 259 · 50th Congress · Jan 8, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by reducing duty on cotton collars and cuffs, by eliminating duty of 15 cents per dozen and increasing ad valorem duty t
On Jan 8, 1889, the Senate voted 19–24 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–27, Democrats 21–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 50th Congress (1887–1888), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 8, 1889
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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