Senate roll call 46 · 50th Congress · Feb 27, 1888
To amend S. 1305, by stipulating that the U.S. Shall not become involved in any manner in any obligations except in the payment of tolls provided in this act.
On Feb 27, 1888, the Senate voted 22–26 (S 1305). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–2, Republicans 0–24. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 27, 1888
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- 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
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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