House roll call 293 · 53rd Congress · Jul 20, 1894
To amend H. J. RES. 20, proposing an amendment to the constitution providing that senators shall be elected by the people of the several states, by eliminating
On Jul 20, 1894, the House voted 67–137 (HJR 20). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–130, Republicans 64–4, Others 1–9. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 12 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
- 67
- No
- 137
- Did not vote
- 161
- Date
- Jul 20, 1894
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 130 no · 91 didn’t vote
- Republicans64 yes · 4 no · 66 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Lewis Sperry D-CT voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI voted yes
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted yes
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY voted yes
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA voted no
- William Alexis Stone R-PA voted no
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA voted no
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Eugene Francis Loud R-CA
- William Wallace Bowers R-CA
- Lewis Sperry D-CT
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Alva Lysander Hager R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Douglas Perkins R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- James Franklin Aldrich R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Robert Andrew Childs R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- Daniel Webster Waugh R-IN
- Case Broderick R-KS
- Charles Curtis R-KS
- Ashley Bascom Wright R-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- William Franklin Draper R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Levi Thomas Griffin D-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Avery R-MI
- James Thompson Mccleary R-MN
- Haldor Erickson Boen O-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Charles Sampson Hartman R-MT
- Martin Nelson Johnson R-ND
- David Henry Mercer R-NE
- George de Rue Meiklejohn R-NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer R-NE
- Henry Moore Baker R-NH
- Franklin Bartlett D-NY
- Timothy John Campbell D-NY
- Francis Marvin R-NY
- Jacob Le Fever R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- George Washington Ray R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Charles Daniels R-NY
- George Washington Wilson R-OH
- Luther Martin Strong R-OH
- Hezekiah Sanford Bundy R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH
- Stephen Asa Northway R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Charles Harrison Page D-RI
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Vincent Lucas R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Horace Henry Powers R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Hall Doolittle R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Philip Doddridge Mcculloch Jr. D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- William Leake Terry D-AR
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D-AR
- Robert Neill D-AR
- Anthony Caminetti D-CA
- James George Maguire D-CA
- Marion Cannon O-CA
- Lafayette (Lafe) Pence O-CO
- John Calhoun Bell O-CO
- James Protus Pigott D-CT
- Robert Elliott De Forest D-CT
- John Williams Causey D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Charles Merian Cooper D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- John W. Maddox D-GA
- Farish Carter Tate D-GA
- James Conquest Cross Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- Julius Goldzier D-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- Andrew Jackson Hunter D-IL
- Arthur Herbert Taylor D-IN
- John Lewis Bretz D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Thomas Hammond D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson O-KS
- John Davis O-KS
- William Baker O-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- Albert Seaton Berry D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Henry Warren Ogden D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- William Everett D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- Michael Joseph Mcettrick O-MA
- James Sedgwick Gorman D-MI
- George Frederick Richardson D-MI
- Osee Matson Hall D-MN
- Melvin Riley Baldwin D-MN
- Uriel Sebree Hall D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Robert Washington Fyan D-MO
- Marshall Arnold D-MO
- Charles Henry Morgan D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- John Curtis Kyle D-MS
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Frederick Augustus Woodard D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Grady D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander D-NC
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- William Jennings Bryan D-NE
- Omer Madison Kem O-NE
- John Hugh Graham D-NY
- John De Witt Warner D-NY
- Isidor Straus D-NY
- William Ryan D-NY
- Charles Delemere Haines D-NY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn D-NY
- Fernando Coello Layton D-OH
- Dennis D. Donovan D-OH
- Byron Foster Ritchie D-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Albert Jackson Pearson D-OH
- James Alexander Dudley Richards D-OH
- George Pierce Ikirt D-OH
- Tom Loftin Johnson D-OH
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- John Buchanan Robinson R-PA
- Howard Mutchler D-PA
- Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA
- William Henry Hines D-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- Simon Peter Wolverton D-PA
- William Alexis Stone R-PA
- George Frederic Kribbs D-PA
- Alexander Mcdowell R-PA
- James Ferdinand Izlar D-SC
- William Jasper Talbert D-SC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- George Washington Shell D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Strait D-SC
- Henry Clay Snodgrass D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Nicholas Nichols Cox D-TN
- James Calvin Mcdearmon D-TN
- Josiah Patterson D-TN
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- George Cassety Pendleton D-TX
- Charles Keith Bell D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Thomas Moore Paschal D-TX
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- David Gardiner Tyler D-VA
- James Fletcher Epes D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Smith Spangler Turner D-VA
- James William Marshall D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- Thomas Lynch D-WI
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
- James Capehart D-WV
- Henry Asa Coffeen D-WY
Did not vote
- Jesse Francis Stallings D-AL
- George Paul Harrison D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Gaston Ahi Robbins D-AL
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Denson D-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- John Sebastian Little D-AR
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA
- Warren Barkley English D-CA
- Benjamin Edward Russell D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- Charles Leavell Moses D-GA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss D-GA
- Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Lawrence Edward Mcgann D-IL
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler R-IL
- John James Mcdannold D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Funk R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Charles Black D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN
- William Forgy Mcnagny D-IN
- Charles Gerard Conn D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Horace Ladd Moore D-KS
- Jeremiah (Jerry) Simpson O-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle D-KY
- William Morgan Beckner D-KY
- Silas Adams R-KY
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley R-MA
- Moses Tyler Stevens D-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Robert Franklin Bratton D-MD
- Winder Laird Henry D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Isidor Rayner D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Charles Edward Coffin R-MD
- William McMahon Mckaig D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- Henry Franklin Thomas R-MI
- David Demerest Aitken R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- William Seelye Linton R-MI
- John Wesley Moon R-MI
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Andrew Robert Kiefer R-MN
- Loren Fletcher R-MN
- Daniel Dee Burnes D-MO
- Charles Frederick Joy R-MO
- John Joseph O'Neill D-MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- William Augustus Blount Branch D-NC
- Thomas Settle R-NC
- William Horton Bower D-NC
- William Arthur Mckeighan O-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- Johnston Cornish D-NJ
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D-NJ
- Thomas Dunn English D-NJ
- George Bragg Fielder D-NJ
- John Thomas Dunn D-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands O-NV
- James Way Covert D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix D-NY
- William Jerome Coombs D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- John R. Fellows D-NY
- Lemuel Ely Quigg R-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- Newton Martin Curtis R-NY
- John Madison Wever R-NY
- Charles Addison Chickering R-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Charles William Gillet R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood D-NY
- Warren Brewster Hooker R-NY
- Bellamy Storer R-OH
- Jacob Henry Bromwell R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- George Washington Houk D-OH
- Paul John Sorg D-OH
- George Washington Hulick R-OH
- Darius Dodge Hare D-OH
- Michael Daniel Harter D-OH
- William John White R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Robert Adams Jr. R-PA
- William Mcaleer O-PA
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA
- Edwin James Jorden R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Albert Cole Hopkins R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner R-PA
- William Allen Sipe D-PA
- Joseph Crocker Sibley D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA
- William Lilly R-PA
- Oscar Lapham D-RI
- William Huggins Brawley D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- George Washington Murray R-SC
- John Chiles Houk R-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Walter Gresham D-TX
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- Elisha Edward Meredith D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Joseph Weeks Babcock R-WI
- Peter J. Somers D-WI
- Owen Augustine Wells D-WI
- George Bullen Shaw R-WI
- Michael Griffin R-WI
- Lyman Eddy Barnes D-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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