Senate roll call 121 · 52nd Congress · Jan 21, 1893
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the resolution relating to consenting to appointments of persons reported this day.
On Jan 21, 1893, the Senate voted 17–37. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–27, Democrats 15–9, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jan 21, 1893
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 27 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock 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
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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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