Senate roll call 340 · 50th Congress · Jan 31, 1889
To amend a treaty between U.S. And britain by eliminating from article 1, clause 4, "malicious injuries to property whereby the life of any person shall be enda
On Jan 31, 1889, the Senate voted 32–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 20–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 32
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 31, 1889
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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