Senate roll call 40 · 52nd Congress · Apr 27, 1892
To amend H.R. 6923, which amendment as modified eliminates the following words: "the union pacific railway co., including the lines of the oregon short line an
On Apr 27, 1892, the Senate voted 23–24 (HR 6923). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–24, Democrats 20–0, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 23
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Apr 27, 1892
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 24 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
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
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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