Senate roll call 313 · 51st Congress · Sep 4, 1890
To amend H. R. 9416, by reducing the duty on flax, hackled, known as "dressed line," from 4 cents per pound to $40 per ton.
On Sep 4, 1890, the Senate voted 33–16 (HR 9416). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–16, Democrats 20–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 33
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Sep 4, 1890
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted no
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Beard Allen R-WA
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- 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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