Senate roll call 519 · 51st Congress · Mar 3, 1891
To sustain the decision of the chair on H. R. 13658, that it is not in order to offer an amendment which proposes to legalize any encroachments heretofore made
On Mar 3, 1891, the Senate voted 12–40 (HR 13658). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–24, Democrats 4–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 12
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 3, 1891
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 24 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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