Senate roll call 489 · 51st Congress · Feb 21, 1891
To amend S. 4827, amending an act to incorporate the maritime canal company of nicaragua, approved february 20, 1889, by authorizing the chief engineer of the a
On Feb 21, 1891, the Senate voted 23–25 (S 4827). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–27, Democrats 17–3. 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 21, 1891
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 27 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
Other votes
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