Senate roll call 38 · 52nd Congress · Apr 25, 1892
To amend bill H.R. 6185, (app. 5-5-92, 27 stat. L. 25), providing for the exclusion of chinese by absolutely prohibiting the entrance of chinese persons into TH
On Apr 25, 1892, the Senate voted 8–45 (HR 6185). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–29, Democrats 5–16, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 8
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 25, 1892
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 16 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 29 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- 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
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend bill H.R. 6185, (app. 5-5-92, 27…: Senate Vote, Apr 25, 1892,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/52-S-38/to-amend-bill-h-r-6185-app-5-5 (accessed 2026-10-17).