Senate roll call 60 · 52nd Congress · May 26, 1892
To consider S. 51, providing for the free coinage of gold and silver bullion and for other purposes. (p. 4706-2)
On May 26, 1892, the Senate voted 28–20 (S 51). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–19, Democrats 19–4, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 28
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 26, 1892
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Leland Stanford R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John Beard Allen R-WA voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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 Beard Allen R-WA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Norton Felton R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner 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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