Senate roll call 355 · 51st Congress · Sep 9, 1890
To amend H. R. 9416, by providing for the establishment of a custom commission composed of 5 disinterested persons appointed by the President, to consider impor
On Sep 9, 1890, the Senate voted 31–30 (HR 9416). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–11, Democrats 5–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 31
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Sep 9, 1890
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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