Senate roll call 61 · 51st Congress · Mar 27, 1890
To refer to the committee on judiciary S. 1, with instructions to report within 20 days.
On Mar 27, 1890, the Senate voted 31–28 (S 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–23, Democrats 22–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 31
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 27, 1890
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Beard Allen 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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