Senate roll call 6 · 53rd Congress · Apr 15, 1893
To proceed to the consideration of the resolution instructing the secretary of Senate to set apart $5000 for the investigation of the condition of agriculture,
On Apr 15, 1893, the Senate voted 21–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Republicans 6–11, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Apr 15, 1893
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
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
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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