Senate roll call 456 · 51st Congress · Feb 11, 1891
To amend H. R. 12782 (26 stat. 799, 3/2/1891), naval appropriations for fiscal 1892, by authorizing the secretary of the navy to acquire a tract of land, not ex
On Feb 11, 1891, the Senate voted 34–12 (HR 12782). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–7, Democrats 11–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 34
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 11, 1891
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace 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 Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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