Senate roll call 343 · 50th Congress · Feb 1, 1889
To ratify a treaty between U.S. And great britain concerning the extradition of persons charged with crime, signed at london, june 20, 1886, being an amended ex
On Feb 1, 1889, the Senate voted 15–38. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–29, Democrats 15–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 15
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Feb 1, 1889
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 29 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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