Senate roll call 385 · 50th Congress · Mar 2, 1889
To override veto of S. 139, of S. 139 crediting and paying to the several states and the district of columbia all monies collected under the direct tax levied b
On Mar 2, 1889, the Senate voted 45–9 (S 139). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–2, Democrats 19–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 45
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 2, 1889
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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