Senate roll call 436 · 51st Congress · Feb 4, 1891
To amend H. R. 12499 (26 stat. L 767, 2/24/1891), the fortification appropriation bill, by authorizing the President to appoint a board to locate a suitable sit
On Feb 4, 1891, the Senate voted 23–27 (HR 12499). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–11, Democrats 1–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 23
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 4, 1891
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- 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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