Senate roll call 428 · 51st Congress · Jan 29, 1891
To amend H. R. 12500, by increasing the number of representatives from seven to eight from minnesota.
On Jan 29, 1891, the Senate voted 31–32 (HR 12500). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–34, Democrats 29–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 31
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 29, 1891
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 34 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron 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
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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