Senate roll call 337 · 50th Congress · Jan 29, 1889
To amend the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill H. R. 11879, (25 stat. L. 696), by raising title of U.S. Representatives to france, germany, great brita
On Jan 29, 1889, the Senate voted 26–24 (HR 11879). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–16, Republicans 17–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 26
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 29, 1889
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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