Senate roll call 115 · 52nd Congress · Jan 13, 1893
To consider S. 88, for the relief of hiram somerville, motion made during debate on bill H.R. 7845. (p. 528-1)
On Jan 13, 1893, the Senate voted 9–36 (S 88). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–20, Democrats 6–17, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 9
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Jan 13, 1893
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 17 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 20 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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