Senate roll call 69 · 51st Congress · Mar 31, 1890
To amend S. 389, by directing the secretary of interior to place on the pension roll the names of any officers or enlisted men 62 years of age or over who have
On Mar 31, 1890, the Senate voted 19–39 (S 389). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–17, Democrats 2–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 31, 1890
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted no
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- 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
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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