Senate roll call 3 · 50th Congress · Dec 21, 1887
To agree to the house resolution, that when the Senate and the house adjourn on thursday december 27, 1887, they stand adjourned until january 4, 1888.
On Dec 21, 1887, the Senate voted 37–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Democrats 26–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 37
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 21, 1887
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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