Senate roll call 34 · 51st Congress · Feb 18, 1890
To amend a Senate resolution relating to a convention (executive a) signed at washington july 12, 1889, between the United States and great britain relative to
On Feb 18, 1890, the Senate voted 20–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–26, Democrats 19–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 18, 1890
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 11 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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