Senate roll call 97 · 51st Congress · Apr 18, 1890
To table a Senate resolution inquiring into the violation of the rules of the Senate, by giving to the public through the press the proceedings of the Senate ex
On Apr 18, 1890, the Senate voted 33–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–12, Democrats 12–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 33
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Apr 18, 1890
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 21 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Hearst D-CA voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- 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
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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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