Senate roll call 276 · 51st Congress · Aug 16, 1890
To amend H. R. 9486 (26 stat. 426, app. 9/29/1890), making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of certain public works on rivers and ha
On Aug 16, 1890, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 9486). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–10, Democrats 2–17. 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Aug 16, 1890
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Beard Allen R-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 9486 (26 stat. 426, app…: Senate Vote, Aug 16, 1890,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-S-276/to-amend-h-r-9486-26-stat-426-app (accessed 2026-10-17).