Senate roll call 346 · 51st Congress · Sep 9, 1890
To amend H. R. 9416, by eliminating the presidents authority to proclaim suspension of provisions relating to duty free importation of sugar, molasses, coffee,
On Sep 9, 1890, the Senate voted 6–59 (HR 9416). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–31, Democrats 0–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 6
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Sep 9, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- 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
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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