Senate roll call 54 · 50th Congress · Mar 8, 1888
To provide that when the Senate adjourns today it do so until monday.
On Mar 8, 1888, the Senate voted 44–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–5, Republicans 17–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 44
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 8, 1888
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 12 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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