Senate roll call 81 · 50th Congress · Apr 12, 1888
To provide that when the Senate adjourns today it do so until monday, made during debate on S. 185, (25 stat l. 676), a bill providing for the admission of the
On Apr 12, 1888, the Senate voted 26–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–16, Democrats 19–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Apr 12, 1888
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 16 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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