Senate roll call 278 · 51st Congress · Aug 18, 1890
To amend H. R. 11459 (26 stat. 504, app. 9/30/1890), a bill to supply deficiencies in appropriations for fiscal 1890, and for prior years, by providing a new se
On Aug 18, 1890, the Senate voted 31–12 (HR 11459). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–3, Democrats 11–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Aug 18, 1890
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 3 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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