Senate roll call 12 · 51st Congress · Dec 18, 1889
To postpone until the first monday in january next further consideration of the nomination of david j. Brewer, to be associate justice of the supreme court. (p
On Dec 18, 1889, the Senate voted 15–54. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–35, Democrats 6–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 18, 1889
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- 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
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- 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
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- 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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