Senate roll call 84 · 51st Congress · Apr 12, 1890
To close doors, hear confidential reports and consider executive business.
On Apr 12, 1890, the Senate voted 17–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–19, Democrats 13–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 17
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Apr 12, 1890
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 19 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- 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
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- 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 Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- 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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