Senate roll call 252 · 53rd Congress · May 28, 1894
To proceed to consideration of the resolution declaring the sense of the Senate as to the policy to be pursued by the government of the United States towards TH
On May 28, 1894, the Senate voted 25–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 7–12, Republicans 17–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 25
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- May 28, 1894
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 12 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 0 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- 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
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