Senate roll call 235 · 53rd Congress · May 24, 1894
To table an amendment to H.R. 4864, providing for specified duties on iron and steel chains of various diameters provided such rates were not lower, in equivale
On May 24, 1894, the Senate voted 27–17 (HR 4864). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–0, Republicans 0–17, Others 1–1. 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
- 27
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- May 24, 1894
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 17 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 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
- 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 McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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