Senate roll call 262 · 53rd Congress · May 31, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by imposing various specified duties on boards, shingles, railroad ties, telephone poles, hubs for wheels, clapboards, posts, blocks, cedar,
On May 31, 1894, the Senate voted 26–35 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–32, Republicans 27–0, Others 0–3. 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
- 26
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 31, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
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
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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