Senate roll call 23 · 51st Congress · Feb 4, 1890
To advise and consent to the ratification of the general act or conventional agreement concluded and signed at berlin june 14, 1889, by the plenipotentiaries of
On Feb 4, 1890, the Senate voted 38–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–6, Democrats 13–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 38
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 4, 1890
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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