Senate roll call 524 · 51st Congress · Mar 3, 1891
To request the House Of Representatives to return to the Senate H. R. 10881, no quorum voting.
On Mar 3, 1891, the Senate voted 13–22 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–22, Democrats 8–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 13
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Mar 3, 1891
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 2 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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