Senate roll call 51 · 50th Congress · Mar 7, 1888
To amend H. R. 6437, a bill providing for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for fiscal year ending
On Mar 7, 1888, the Senate voted 32–20 (HR 6437). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Democrats 24–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 32
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 7, 1888
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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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