Senate roll call 118 · 51st Congress · May 2, 1890
To amend H. R. 4970, by providing that the court shall give priority to matters of this kind before it, and such other testimony as that court may think necessa
On May 2, 1890, the Senate voted 16–30 (HR 4970). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–27, Democrats 17–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- May 2, 1890
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 27 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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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