Senate roll call 500 · 51st Congress · Feb 27, 1891
To consider executive business.
On Feb 27, 1891, the Senate voted 35–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–9, Democrats 10–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 35
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 27, 1891
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay 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 Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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