Senate roll call 29 · 53rd Congress · Sep 5, 1893
To go into executive session during consideration of H.R. 1. (p. 1176-1)
On Sep 5, 1893, the Senate voted 35–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–13, Republicans 12–17, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 35
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Sep 5, 1893
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Martin D-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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