Senate roll call 213 · 51st Congress · Jul 21, 1890
To consider H. R. 6944, transferring the revenue cutter service from the treasury department to the naval establishment.
On Jul 21, 1890, the Senate voted 30–23 (HR 6944). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–19, Democrats 20–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 30
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jul 21, 1890
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Strode Barbour Jr. 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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