Senate roll call 76 · 53rd Congress · Oct 28, 1893
To agree to amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 1, which provides that silver bullion worth more than $100 may be deposited for coinage into dollar
On Oct 28, 1893, the Senate voted 20–42 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–18, Republicans 2–21, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Oct 28, 1893
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- George Gray D-DE 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- 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
- William Vincent Allen O-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
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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