Senate roll call 446 · 51st Congress · Feb 7, 1891
To amend H. R. 11120, by appropriating $6,000,000, or so much as may be necessary, for carrying this act into effect.
On Feb 7, 1891, the Senate voted 24–25 (HR 11120). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–22, Democrats 13–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 40
- Date
- Feb 7, 1891
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 22 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William John Mcconnell R-ID voted yes
- 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
- 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
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Lyman Rufus Casey 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 Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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