Senate roll call 5 · 50th Congress · Jan 10, 1888
To amend S. 139, a bill to credit and pay to the several states, territories and the district of columbia all monies collected under the direct tax levied by ac
On Jan 10, 1888, the Senate voted 14–39 (S 139). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–26, Democrats 13–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 10, 1888
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- 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 Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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