Senate roll call 150 · 51st Congress · May 29, 1890
To amend S. 398, by providing for the regulation by the states so that each would have their own policy or license or free trade in relation to liquor transport
On May 29, 1890, the Senate voted 18–26 (S 398). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–11, Democrats 0–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 18
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- May 29, 1890
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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