Senate roll call 171 · 51st Congress · Jun 17, 1890
To amend H. R. 5381, by eliminating the proviso that whenever the market price of silver is $1.00 for 371.25 grams of pure sulver, it shall be lawful to deposit
On Jun 17, 1890, the Senate voted 16–46 (HR 5381). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–20, Democrats 0–31. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 16
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 31 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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