Senate roll call 447 · 51st Congress · Feb 7, 1891
To order engrossment and thirding of H. R. 11120.
On Feb 7, 1891, the Senate voted 29–19 (HR 11120). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–8, Democrats 7–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 7, 1891
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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