Senate roll call 63 · 50th Congress · Mar 20, 1888
To pass S. 1226, a bill relating to john n. Quackenbush, concerning the grade of commander in the navy and to correct an error in relation to an aappointment TH
On Mar 20, 1888, the Senate voted 40–14 (S 1226). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–5, Democrats 17–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 40
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 20, 1888
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN 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
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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