Senate roll call 119 · 51st Congress · May 2, 1890
To amend H. R. 4970, by including a provision that the owner, consignee or agent of any imported merchandise which has been actually purchased, is to be liable
On May 2, 1890, the Senate voted 22–37 (HR 4970). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–36, Democrats 22–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 22
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 2, 1890
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 36 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- 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
- Gideon Curtis Moody 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
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- 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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