Senate roll call 98 · 51st Congress · Apr 18, 1890
To consider the fine resolutions on one question in order to save time. The resolutions provide for an inquiry into the violation of the rules of the Senate, b
On Apr 18, 1890, the Senate voted 21–36. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–26, Democrats 15–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 21
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Apr 18, 1890
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 26 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND voted yes
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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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