Senate roll call 406 · 53rd Congress · Jul 3, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by admitting duty free wire rods, rivets, screws, fence nails and other iron and steel wire-rods. (p. 8470-1)
On Jul 3, 1894, the Senate voted 17–52 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–22, Republicans 0–32, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 17
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 3, 1894
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 32 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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