Senate roll call 174 · 51st Congress · Jun 17, 1890
To amend H. R. 5381, by substituting for the 1st section of the bill that the unit value of the U.S. Shall be the dollar, and the same may be coined of 412 1/2
On Jun 17, 1890, the Senate voted 43–24 (HR 5381). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–26, Democrats 31–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 43
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
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
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- 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
- 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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