Senate roll call 506 · 53rd Congress · Feb 14, 1895
To amend H.R. 8272 by eliminating provision for $196,614.22 appropriation, to be spendt in discretion of the postmaster general, for facilities on trunk lines f
On Feb 14, 1895, the Senate voted 27–33 (HR 8272). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–15, Republicans 9–19, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 27
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 14, 1895
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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