Senate roll call 116 · 52nd Congress · Jan 14, 1893
To proceed to consideration of S. 88, for the relief of hiram somerville, motion made during debate on H.R. 7845 no quorum voting. (p. 564-2)
On Jan 14, 1893, the Senate voted 9–31 (S 88). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–21, Democrats 7–11, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 52nd Congress (1891–1892), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jan 14, 1893
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 11 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 21 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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