Senate roll call 8 · 51st Congress · Mar 30, 1889
To consent to the nomination of zachariah t. Grayson, to be postmaster at prescott, in the county of nevada, in the state of arkansas. (JP.56)
On Mar 30, 1889, the Senate voted 23–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 0–21. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Mar 30, 1889
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock 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
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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