Senate roll call 168 · 51st Congress · Jun 17, 1890
To consent to the nomination of john b. Eaves, to be collector of internal revenue, for the fifth district of north carolina.
On Jun 17, 1890, the Senate voted 17–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–5, Democrats 0–29. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 17
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 29 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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 Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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