Senate roll call 123 · 52nd Congress · Jan 31, 1893
To amend H.R. 7845, by eliminating the declaration that options and futures as defined are obstructions and restraints upon commerce among the states and with f
On Jan 31, 1893, the Senate voted 21–50 (HR 7845). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–30, Democrats 14–19, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 21
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 31, 1893
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 30 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- 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
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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