Senate roll call 384 · 50th Congress · Mar 2, 1889
To amend H. R. 12578, (25 stat. L. 980), a bill appropriating for current and contingent indian department expenses and for filling treaty stipulations which VA
On Mar 2, 1889, the Senate voted 27–13 (HR 12578). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–3, Democrats 9–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1889
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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