Senate roll call 68 · 53rd Congress · Oct 27, 1893
To amend an amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 1, by permitting owners of $50 or more of silver or gold bullion to have it minted into coins as PR
On Oct 27, 1893, the Senate voted 28–39 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–20, Republicans 10–24, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Oct 27, 1893
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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