Senate roll call 469 · 51st Congress · Feb 17, 1891
To amend H. R. 10881, by eliminating the clause which prohibites importation of newspapers and periodicals. (p.2794)
On Feb 17, 1891, the Senate voted 19–27 (HR 10881). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–25, Democrats 18–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 19
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 17, 1891
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 2 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 25 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- John Beard Allen R-WA 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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 Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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