Senate roll call 197 · 52nd Congress · Mar 3, 1893
To amend S. 3741, by providing that the weight, value, legal effect, and relevancy of all evidence shall be determined by the said court. (p. 2528-2)
On Mar 3, 1893, the Senate voted 11–35 (S 3741). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–23, Democrats 8–12, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 11
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Mar 3, 1893
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 23 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY 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
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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