Senate roll call 46 · 53rd Congress · Oct 14, 1893
To decide whether a paper submitted by william a. Peffer shall be read during debate on H.R. 1. The paper is Senate miscellaneous document 24, relating to the
On Oct 14, 1893, the Senate voted 18–22 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–12, Republicans 6–10, Others 1–0. 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- Oct 14, 1893
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 10 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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