Senate roll call 457 · 51st Congress · Feb 12, 1891
To amend H. R. 12729 (26 stat. L 1062, 3/3/1891), the district of columbia appropriation bill for 1892, which amendment appropriates $3,000 to the hospital for
On Feb 12, 1891, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 12729). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–18, Democrats 10–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 12, 1891
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- William John Mcconnell R-ID voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted yes
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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