Senate roll call 282 · 50th Congress · Jan 10, 1889
To amend the substitute for H. R. 9051, by reducing the duty on pearls from 25 per cent to ten per cent ad valorem.
On Jan 10, 1889, the Senate voted 25–20 (HR 9051). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–3, Democrats 2–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 25
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 10, 1889
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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