Senate roll call 429 · 51st Congress · Jan 29, 1891
To amend H. R. 12500, by increasing from fifteen to sixteen the number of representatives to Congress from missouri. (p.1951)
On Jan 29, 1891, the Senate voted 30–38 (HR 12500). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–39, Democrats 29–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 30
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 29, 1891
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 39 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Wade Hampton 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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