Senate roll call 270 · 50th Congress · Jan 9, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by reducing the duty from 15 per cent to 12 per cent ad valorem on printing paper unsized, used for books and newspaper
On Jan 9, 1889, the Senate voted 14–21 (HR 9051). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–24, Democrats 14–0. 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
- 14
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 9, 1889
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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