Senate roll call 124 · 52nd Congress · Jan 31, 1893
To amend H.R. 7845, by declaring that options and futures as heretofore defined are obstructions to and restraints upon commerce among the states and with forei
On Jan 31, 1893, the Senate voted 19–51 (HR 7845). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–36, Democrats 17–17, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 19
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 31, 1893
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 36 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- 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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