Senate roll call 106 · 52nd Congress · Dec 20, 1892
To proceed to consideration of bill S. 2626, authorizing the n.y. And n.j. Bridge company to construct and maintain a bridge across the hudson river between n.y
On Dec 20, 1892, the Senate voted 13–41 (S 2626). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–28, Democrats 13–14, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 52nd Congress (1891–1892), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 20, 1892
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 28 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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