Senate roll call 481 · 51st Congress · Feb 18, 1891
To amend H. R. 8150, by eliminating the section which prohibits the allowance of a claim unless substantiated by a creditable witness who is not an indian, no q
On Feb 18, 1891, the Senate voted 21–21 (HR 8150). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–10, Democrats 2–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 21
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Feb 18, 1891
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- 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
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- 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
- 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- 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
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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