Senate roll call 95 · 51st Congress · Apr 17, 1890
To amend h. J. R. 117, authorizing the appointment of thirty medical examiners for the bureau of pensions, fixing their salaries, and appropriating money to pay
On Apr 17, 1890, the Senate voted 18–22 (HJR 117). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–23, Democrats 20–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Apr 17, 1890
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 23 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
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
- David Turpie D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Hearst D-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- 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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