Senate roll call 4 · 51st Congress · Mar 27, 1889
To consent to the nomination of paul fricke, to be marshal of the United States for the western district of texas. (JP.26, 40, 45)
On Mar 27, 1889, the Senate voted 24–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–1, Democrats 3–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 24
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 27, 1889
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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