Senate roll call 516 · 51st Congress · Mar 3, 1891
To advise and consent to the ratification of the general act signed at brussels, july 2, 1890, by the plenipotentiaries of the U.S. And other powers for the re
On Mar 3, 1891, the Senate voted 26–33. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–11, Democrats 1–26. 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
- 26
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 3, 1891
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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