Senate roll call 255 · 53rd Congress · May 29, 1894
To set aside H.R. 4864 for the purpose of considering the resolution that from facts and papers laid before the Senate, it is inexpedient, under existing condit
On May 29, 1894, the Senate voted 26–28 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–28, Republicans 24–0, Others 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 26
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 29, 1894
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 28 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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