Senate roll call 179 · 51st Congress · Jun 18, 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 18, 1890, the Senate voted 21–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 28–8, Democrats 0–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 21
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 18, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 30 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- 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
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- 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
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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