Senate roll call 32 · 53rd Congress · Sep 21, 1893
To go into executive session, during debate on H.R. 1. (p. 1638-1)
On Sep 21, 1893, the Senate voted 20–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–20, Republicans 8–12, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 20
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Sep 21, 1893
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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