Senate roll call 98 · 52nd Congress · Jul 18, 1892
To go into executive session.
On Jul 18, 1892, the Senate voted 19–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–17, Republicans 10–14, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jul 18, 1892
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted yes
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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