Senate roll call 526 · 51st Congress · Mar 3, 1891
To request the House Of Representatives to return to the Senate H. R. 10881.
On Mar 3, 1891, the Senate voted 21–29 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–26, Democrats 16–3. 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 3, 1891
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 3 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 26 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted yes
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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