Senate roll call 11 · 51st Congress · Dec 17, 1889
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the nomination of david j. Brewer, to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court. (p.63, 197)
On Dec 17, 1889, the Senate voted 13–52. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–34, Democrats 8–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Dec 17, 1889
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 34 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- 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
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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