Senate roll call 502 · 51st Congress · Feb 27, 1891
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 4357, declaring the functions of patents for lands in confirmation of statutory grants thereof in certain cases.
On Feb 27, 1891, the Senate voted 17–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–14, Democrats 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 59
- Date
- Feb 27, 1891
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 14 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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