Senate roll call 54 · 51st Congress · Mar 25, 1890
To proceed to executive business, thus stopping action on S. 1, to declare unlawful trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and production. (p.2597, 2608
On Mar 25, 1890, the Senate voted 20–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–23, Democrats 13–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Mar 25, 1890
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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