Senate roll call 45 · 53rd Congress · Oct 14, 1893
To excuse sen. Dubois from voting on H.R. 1. (p. 2645-2)
On Oct 14, 1893, the Senate voted 29–37 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–16, Republicans 8–22, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 29
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Oct 14, 1893
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY 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
- 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
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- 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
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- 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
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire 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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