Senate roll call 355 · 50th Congress · Feb 21, 1889
To amend H. R. 12008, by authorizing President to appoint nine to a constitutional centennial commission which will arrange ceremonies for which $300,000 is her
On Feb 21, 1889, the Senate voted 16–12 (HR 12008). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–11, Republicans 11–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 16
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 21, 1889
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 5 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- 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
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- 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
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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