Senate roll call 441 · 51st Congress · Feb 7, 1891
To amend H. R. 11120, by making that law in-operative in such cases where employees laboring under government contracts, express or imply their agreement to ren
On Feb 7, 1891, the Senate voted 24–25 (HR 11120). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–13, Democrats 6–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 25
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 7, 1891
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- 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
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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