To table the amendment to H. R. 8393, which amendment provides that no intoxicating beverages shall be sold within the exhibition grounds and no charge for into

On Apr 21, 1890, the Senate voted 33–15 (HR 8393). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–14, Democrats 15–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 33
No: 15
Did not vote: 41
Date: Apr 21, 1890

By party

Democrats15 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans18 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted no
Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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