Senate roll call 485 · 53rd Congress · Jan 25, 1895
To amend S. 1481, by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting as a substitute authorizing the President to appoint three persons (2 U.S. Army ci
On Jan 25, 1895, the Senate voted 21–30 (S 1481). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–11, Republicans 3–20, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 21
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 25, 1895
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson 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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