Senate roll call 517 · 51st Congress · Mar 3, 1891
To amend H. R. 13658, by providing for the payment of the findings of the court of claims for claims for spoliations by the french prior to july 31, 1801.
On Mar 3, 1891, the Senate voted 41–14 (HR 13658). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–5, Democrats 16–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 41
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 3, 1891
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 5 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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