Senate roll call 73 · 50th Congress · Apr 4, 1888
To amend H. R. 5034, by authorizing the secretary of treasury to purchase silver bullion, in addition to the $2,000,000 per month minimum for coinage purposes,
On Apr 4, 1888, the Senate voted 38–13 (HR 5034). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–3, Republicans 17–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 38
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 4, 1888
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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