Senate roll call 454 · 51st Congress · Feb 9, 1891
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H. R. 10881. (p.2397)
On Feb 9, 1891, the Senate voted 24–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–15, Democrats 12–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 24
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 9, 1891
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- 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 Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- 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 Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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