Senate roll call 494 · 53rd Congress · Jan 30, 1895
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On Jan 30, 1895, the Senate voted 17–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–19, Republicans 13–11, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jan 30, 1895
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell 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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