Senate roll call 388 · 51st Congress · Jan 5, 1891
To concur in the report of committee on conference on H. R. 8243 (26 stat. 718, 1/19/1891), supplementary to and act authorizing the construction of the baltimo
On Jan 5, 1891, the Senate voted 34–17 (HR 8243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–3, Democrats 8–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 34
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 5, 1891
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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