Senate roll call 67 · 51st Congress · Mar 31, 1890
To amend S. 389, by providing that all persons who served 3 months or more in the military or naval serviece of the U.S. In any indian wars prior to 1870 shall
On Mar 31, 1890, the Senate voted 20–28 (S 389). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–27, Democrats 16–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 31, 1890
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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