To amend H. R. 9066, by increasing the compensation of clerks to senators who are not chairman of committees from $1,500 per year to $1,800 per year each.

On Jun 18, 1890, the Senate voted 29–24 (HR 9066). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–15, Democrats 10–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 29
No: 24
Did not vote: 34
Date: Jun 18, 1890

By party

Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
George Gray D-DE voted yes
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted yes
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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