House roll call 12 · 53rd Congress · Aug 28, 1893
To pass H. R. 1 (28 stat. L. 4, app. 11/1/93), repealing that part of an act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon, a
On Aug 28, 1893, the House voted 239–109 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 135–74, Republicans 101–24, Others 3–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 98 members voted against their own party.
During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 239
- No
- 109
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Aug 28, 1893
By party
- Democrats135 yes · 74 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans101 yes · 24 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL voted no
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL voted no
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted no
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL voted no
- William Henry Denson D-AL voted no
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted no
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR voted no
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted no
- William Leake Terry D-AR voted no
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR voted no
- Robert Neill D-AR voted no
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA voted no
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
- James George Maguire D-CA voted no
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA voted no
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted no
- John W. Maddox D-GA voted no
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA voted no
- Willis Sweet R-ID voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- George Washington Fithian D-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted no
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted no
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- Case Broderick R-KS voted no
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS voted no
- Charles Curtis R-KS voted no
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY voted no
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted no
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO voted no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO voted no
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO voted no
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO voted no
- Marshall Arnold D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO voted no
- John Mills Allen D-MS voted no
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted no
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT voted no
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC voted no
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC voted no
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC voted no
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted no
- William Horton Bower D-NC voted no
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE voted no
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE voted no
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE voted no
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH voted no
- Binger Hermann R-OR voted no
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA voted no
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA voted no
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC voted no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- George Washington Murray R-SC voted no
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD voted no
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD voted no
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN voted no
And 18 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Everett D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Did not vote
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- James Capehart D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To pass H. R. 1 (28 stat. L. 4, app…: House Vote, Aug 28, 1893,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/53-H-12/to-pass-h-r-1-28-stat-l-4 (accessed 2026-10-17).