Senate roll call 39 · 51st Congress · Feb 25, 1890
To amend S. 255 (26 stat. 1418, 3/3/1891), granting a pension of $2,500 per year to louisa v. Kilpatrick, widow of major-general judson kilpatrick of the civil
On Feb 25, 1890, the Senate voted 12–33 (S 255). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–20, Democrats 3–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 12
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 25, 1890
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 20 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge 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
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 255 (26 stat. 1418, 3/3/1891)…: Senate Vote, Feb 25, 1890,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-S-39/to-amend-s-255-26-stat-1418-3-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).