Senate roll call 309 · 53rd Congress · Jun 11, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by eliminating the 22 1/2% ad valorem duty on burlap bags for grain thus admitting burlap and bags for grain made of burlap free from duty.
On Jun 11, 1894, the Senate voted 5–40 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–25, Republicans 3–15, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 5
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jun 11, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- 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 Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-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 Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- 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
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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