To substitute another resolution for the resolution reported by the committee on indian affairs, relative to the appropriation to pay the choctaw and chickasaw

On May 9, 1892, the Senate voted 13–41. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–15, Democrats 1–29, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: 13
No: 41
Did not vote: 30
Date: May 9, 1892

By party

Democrats1 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans17 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To substitute another resolution for the…: Senate Vote, May 9, 1892,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/52-S-47/to-substitute-another-resolution-for-the-resolution-reported-by (accessed 2026-10-15).