Senate roll call 367 · 51st Congress · Sep 16, 1890
To pass S. 2672, authorizing the purchase of the townsend library of national, state and individual records concerning the civil war.
On Sep 16, 1890, the Senate voted 27–17 (S 2672). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–3, Democrats 5–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 27
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Sep 16, 1890
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 3 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- 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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