Senate roll call 253 · 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 U.S. Towards the hawaiia
On May 28, 1894, the Senate voted 37–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–12, Republicans 22–0, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 37
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- May 28, 1894
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell 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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