Senate roll call 56 · 51st Congress · Mar 25, 1890
To amend S. 1, by inserting additional sections defining trust combinations and presenting penalties therefore. (p.2597)
On Mar 25, 1890, the Senate voted 34–12 (S 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–12, Democrats 21–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 34
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 25, 1890
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- 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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