Senate roll call 486 · 51st Congress · Feb 19, 1891
To amend H. R. 8150, by providing that no claim accruing prior to january 1, 1859, shall be considered, instead of 1867. (p.2910)
On Feb 19, 1891, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 8150). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–13, Democrats 5–13. 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 19, 1891
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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