Senate roll call 137 · 52nd Congress · Feb 9, 1893
To adjourn, the chair voted yes.
On Feb 9, 1893, the Senate voted 30–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–24, Democrats 23–6, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 30
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 9, 1893
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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