Senate roll call 78 · 53rd Congress · Oct 28, 1893
To amend H.R. 1 by making the unit of value the silver dollar, of 412.5 grams of standard silver, or 25.8 grams of gold, and the same shall be legal tender for
On Oct 28, 1893, the Senate voted 28–42 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–21, Republicans 8–21, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 28
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Oct 28, 1893
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John Martin D-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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- 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
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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 Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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