Senate roll call 538 · 53rd Congress · Feb 26, 1895
To decide a point of order during consideration of H.R. 8518 as to whether amendment to amendment is in order which authorized the President to convene a board
On Feb 26, 1895, the Senate voted 46–13 (HR 8518). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–9, Republicans 26–1, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 46
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 26, 1895
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Martin D-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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