The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (53rd Congress) · September 5, 1893
Recorded vote
TO ADJOURN.
Procedural
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 9 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Clement Perkins (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Mallory White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Higgins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Gray (Democrat) — NAY
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — YEA
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NAY
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Alfred Peffer (Populist) — YEA
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hopper Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — YEA
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 1 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NAY
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Calvin Stewart Brice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eppa Hunton (Democrat) — YEA
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Watson Carvosso Squire (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Lendrum Mitchell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Freeman Vilas (Democrat) — NAY
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 85 members
Select any member to pull their file.