Senate roll call 161 · 51st Congress · Jun 6, 1890
To table an amendment to H. R. 3934, providing that the first mortgage bonds shall be limited to fifteen thousand dollars per mile of said railroad.
On Jun 6, 1890, the Senate voted 35–10 (HR 3934). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–6, Democrats 16–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 35
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jun 6, 1890
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 6 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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