Senate roll call 501 · 51st Congress · Feb 27, 1891
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 4357, declaring the functions of patents for lands in confirmation of statutory grants thereof in certain cas
On Feb 27, 1891, the Senate voted 12–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–21, Democrats 7–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 12
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 27, 1891
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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