Senate roll call 69 · 50th Congress · Apr 2, 1888
To amend H. R. 2927, a bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the mississippi river at memphis, tennesee, by stipulating that said bridge should p
On Apr 2, 1888, the Senate voted 30–11 (HR 2927). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–2, Republicans 11–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 30
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 2, 1888
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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