Senate roll call 14 · 51st Congress · Dec 18, 1889
To consent to the nomination of david j. Brewer to be associate justice of TH supreme court.
On Dec 18, 1889, the Senate voted 53–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–7, Democrats 18–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 53
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 18, 1889
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- David Turpie 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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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