To table a Senate resolution directing the committee on rules to inquire as to the proper construction of rule 38, and also the propriety of adopting a rule req

On Mar 6, 1890, the Senate voted 29–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–16, Democrats 11–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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: 29
Did not vote: 27
Date: Mar 6, 1890

By party

Democrats11 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans21 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
David Turpie D-IN voted yes
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted no
Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Beard Allen R-WA voted no
Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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