Senate roll call 485 · 51st Congress · Feb 19, 1891
To amend H. R. 8150, by eliminating the clause prohibiting the allowance by the court of a claim upon the unsupported testimony of an indian. (p.2908)
On Feb 19, 1891, the Senate voted 37–14 (HR 8150). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–4, Democrats 10–10. 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
- 37
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 19, 1891
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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