Senate roll call 273 · 50th Congress · Jan 9, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by increasing the duty on card clothing manufactured from tempered steel wire from 45 cents per square foot to 50 cents.
On Jan 9, 1889, the Senate voted 25–17 (HR 9051). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–0, Democrats 1–18. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 9, 1889
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 18 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb 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
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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 Morris Stewart R-NV
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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