Senate roll call 443 · 51st Congress · Feb 7, 1891
To amend H. R. 11120, by eliminating the clause prohibiting reduction of pay of any government workman employed since march 4, 1877, on account of the reduction
On Feb 7, 1891, the Senate voted 23–22 (HR 11120). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 13–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Feb 7, 1891
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- William John Mcconnell R-ID voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- David Turpie D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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