Senate roll call 196 · 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 14–38 (S 3741). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–27, Democrats 9–10, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 14
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 3, 1893
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 27 no · 14 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
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
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- 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
- 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Bennett Hill 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
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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