Senate roll call 189 · 51st Congress · Jun 20, 1890
To amend H. R. 9066, by increasing the compensation of the commissioner of indian affairs from $4,000 to $5,000 yearly.
On Jun 20, 1890, the Senate voted 22–24 (HR 9066). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–10, Democrats 2–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jun 20, 1890
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 15 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- 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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