Senate roll call 83 · 52nd Congress · Jul 8, 1892
To amend H.R. 7520, by providing $30,000 for paleontological reserch. (p. 5893-1)
On Jul 8, 1892, the Senate voted 27–21 (HR 7520). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–9, Democrats 8–10, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 27
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Jul 8, 1892
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 10 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 9 no · 19 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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- 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
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- 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
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- 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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