Senate roll call 47 · 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 referred to is Senate miscellaneous document 24, relat
On Oct 14, 1893, the Senate voted 39–30 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–17, Republicans 14–14, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 39
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Oct 14, 1893
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
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
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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