Senate roll call 195 · 52nd Congress · Mar 3, 1893
To amend S. 3741, by providing that only competent legal evidence shall be received by the court in the trial of questions of issues arising on hearing of petit
On Mar 3, 1893, the Senate voted 10–31 (S 3741). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–21, Democrats 6–9, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Mar 3, 1893
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 9 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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