Senate roll call 169 · 51st Congress · Jun 17, 1890
To amend H. R. 5381 (26 stat. 289, 7/14/1890), directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon, by eliminating the proposed iss
On Jun 17, 1890, the Senate voted 14–50 (HR 5381). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–31, Democrats 6–26. 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
- 14
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 31 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge 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
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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