Senate roll call 486 · 53rd Congress · Jan 25, 1895
To amend S. 1481 by offering a substitute bill giving the President authority to negotiate with the nicaraguan and costa rican governments for a canal as antici
On Jan 25, 1895, the Senate voted 12–32 (S 1481). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–12, Republicans 3–19, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 12
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jan 25, 1895
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 19 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- 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
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- 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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