Senate roll call 94 · 51st Congress · Apr 16, 1890
To pass the resolution that wilbur f. Sanders and thomas c. Power are entitled to be admitted to seats in the Senate from montana.
On Apr 16, 1890, the Senate voted 32–26. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–0, Democrats 0–34. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Apr 16, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 34 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon 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
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
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- 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
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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