Senate roll call 263 · 51st Congress · Aug 7, 1890
To amend H. R. 9416, by eliminating 2 3/10 cents per pound and substituting 45 per cent ad valorem as the duty on forgivgs of iron and steel combined of whateve
On Aug 7, 1890, the Senate voted 15–28 (HR 9416). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–28, Democrats 17–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Aug 7, 1890
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 28 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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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