Senate roll call 283 · 53rd Congress · Jun 8, 1894
To table a resolution providing that the committee on judiciary be directed to inquire and report whether it be expedient that the claim of the United States ag
On Jun 8, 1894, the Senate voted 24–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–2, Republicans 1–18, Others 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jun 8, 1894
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 18 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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