Senate roll call 82 · 52nd Congress · Jul 8, 1892
To amend H.R. 7520, by eliminating the proviso that after july 1, 1892, the geological survey shall not expend money for paleontological geological research wor
On Jul 8, 1892, the Senate voted 29–18 (HR 7520). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–6, Democrats 9–10, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jul 8, 1892
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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