Senate roll call 62 · 51st Congress · Mar 28, 1890
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the nomination of charles swayne as United States district judge for the northern district of florida, motion rejected.
On Mar 28, 1890, the Senate voted 15–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–31, Democrats 23–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 15
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 28, 1890
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 31 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- 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
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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