Senate roll call 254 · 53rd Congress · May 29, 1894
To table amendment to the resolution regarding hawaiian affairs. The amendment committed the United States as forever against annexation of hawaii and added TH
On May 29, 1894, the Senate voted 36–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 8–18, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 36
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 29, 1894
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
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