Senate roll call 441 · 53rd Congress · Aug 2, 1894
To table the resolution instructing the committee appointed to investigate charges of bribery against senators, to inquire into the organization and history of
On Aug 2, 1894, the Senate voted 16–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Republicans 0–21, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Aug 2, 1894
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 21 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Martin D-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George 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
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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