Senate roll call 66 · 51st Congress · Mar 31, 1890
To amend S. 389 (26 stat. 182, 6/27/1890), granting pensions to ex-soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor and providing
On Mar 31, 1890, the Senate voted 9–46 (S 389). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–24, Democrats 2–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 9
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 31, 1890
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 24 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 389 (26 stat. 182, 6/27/1890)…: Senate Vote, Mar 31, 1890,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/51-S-66/to-amend-s-389-26-stat-182-6-27 (accessed 2026-10-17).