Senate roll call 455 · 53rd Congress · Aug 16, 1894
To refer to the committee on finance, H.R. 7968, a bill to place on the free list coal, shale, slack and coke. (JP. 364-1)
On Aug 16, 1894, the Senate voted 35–17 (HR 7968). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–20, Republicans 24–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 35
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Aug 16, 1894
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-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
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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