Senate roll call 5 · 51st Congress · Mar 28, 1889
To consent to the nomination of john c. New, to be consul general of the United States at london, england. (JP.48)
On Mar 28, 1889, the Senate voted 43–2. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–0, Democrats 18–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 43
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 28, 1889
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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