Senate roll call 122 · 52nd Congress · Jan 25, 1893
To adopt the resolution, consenting to appointment of louis e. MC comas as associate justice of supreme court of the district of columbia.
On Jan 25, 1893, the Senate voted 38–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–0, Democrats 8–12, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 38
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jan 25, 1893
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- 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
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- 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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