Senate roll call 42 · 53rd Congress · Oct 11, 1893
To excuse sen. Dubois from voting during consideration of H.R. 1. (p. 2399-1)
On Oct 11, 1893, the Senate voted 21–29 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–13, Republicans 3–16, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Oct 11, 1893
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 16 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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