Senate roll call 350 · 50th Congress · Feb 19, 1889
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed to the conference report on S. 139, crediting and paying to the several states and territories and district of
On Feb 19, 1889, the Senate voted 8–42 (S 139). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–28, Democrats 9–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 8
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 19, 1889
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 18 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 28 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman 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
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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