Senate roll call 5 · 53rd Congress · Apr 15, 1893
To adjourn during debate on the resolution instructing the secretary of state to set apart $5,000 for the investigation of the condition of aagriculture,, $1000
On Apr 15, 1893, the Senate voted 23–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–11, Republicans 7–10, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 23
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Apr 15, 1893
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 10 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John Martin D-KS voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell 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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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