Senate roll call 99 · 50th Congress · May 10, 1888
To table the motion to reconsider S. 1430.
On May 10, 1888, the Senate voted 22–34 (S 1430). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–10, Democrats 1–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 10, 1888
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay 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 Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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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