Senate roll call 479 · 51st Congress · Feb 18, 1891
To amend H. R. 8150, by elinating the section which prohibits any claim to be allowed, by the court unless substantiated by the testimony of a creditable coitue
On Feb 18, 1891, the Senate voted 22–22 (HR 8150). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–11, Democrats 2–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Feb 18, 1891
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- William John Mcconnell R-ID voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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