Senate roll call 4 · 50th Congress · Jan 5, 1888
To provide that when the Senate adjourns today it do so until monday.
On Jan 5, 1888, the Senate voted 43–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–5, Democrats 21–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 43
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 5, 1888
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson 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
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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