Senate roll call 149 · 51st Congress · May 29, 1890
To amend S. 398, by providing that liquors transported as commerce into any state or territory from a point outside shall not be exempt from laws of the state a
On May 29, 1890, the Senate voted 24–23 (S 398). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–15, Democrats 11–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 29, 1890
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 15 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Beard Allen R-WA 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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