Senate roll call 259 · 51st Congress · Aug 6, 1890
To amend H. R. 9416, by reducing from 75 cents per ton to 60 cents per ton the duty on iron ore containing more than five one hundredths of one per cent of phos
On Aug 6, 1890, the Senate voted 21–29 (HR 9416). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–31, Democrats 20–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 6, 1890
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 31 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones 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
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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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