Senate roll call 168 · 53rd Congress · May 12, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864, by increasing the duty on tannic acid, or tannin, from 60 cents per LB. To 75 cents per LB. No quorum voting. (JP. 187-1)
On May 12, 1894, the Senate voted 16–25 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–25, Republicans 20–0, Others 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- May 12, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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