Senate roll call 378 · 51st Congress · Sep 24, 1890
To consider S. 1042, providing for the establishment of a U.S. Land court for the settlement of private claims in certain states and territories.
On Sep 24, 1890, the Senate voted 41–7 (S 1042). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–8, Democrats 21–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 41
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Sep 24, 1890
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel 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
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