Senate roll call 28 · 52nd Congress · Apr 6, 1892
To amend H.R. 5974, by eliminating the proviso as amended, that from and after the passage of this act the President shall detail officers of the U.S. Army to a
On Apr 6, 1892, the Senate voted 25–28 (HR 5974). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–7, Democrats 4–19, Others 0–2. 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
- 25
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 6, 1892
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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