Senate roll call 22 · 51st Congress · Feb 4, 1890
To amend a Senate resolution relating to a general act or conventional agreement signed at berlin july 14, 1889, by the plenipotentiaries of the U.S., germany
On Feb 4, 1890, the Senate voted 16–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–31, Democrats 15–9. 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
- 16
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 4, 1890
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 31 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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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