Senate roll call 230 · 51st Congress · Jul 31, 1890
To amend H. R. 9416, by reducing the duty on castor oil from 50 cents per gallon to 25 cents per gallon.
On Jul 31, 1890, the Senate voted 15–29 (HR 9416). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–31, Democrats 18–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jul 31, 1890
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 31 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- David Turpie D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- 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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