Senate roll call 21 · 53rd Congress · Aug 28, 1893
To agree to a substitute resolution denying john b. Allen a seat as as senator from washington. The original resolution declared that allen is entitled to said
On Aug 28, 1893, the Senate voted 32–29. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–11, Republicans 10–19, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 32
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 28, 1893
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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