Senate roll call 548 · 53rd Congress · Feb 28, 1895
To amend H.R. 8518 by requiring harriet stanwood blaine to convey a fee simple title of her property, in order to assure the government of a valid title. (p. 2
On Feb 28, 1895, the Senate voted 26–37 (HR 8518). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–11, Republicans 3–25, Others 3–1. 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
- 26
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 28, 1895
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 25 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- 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
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- 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 Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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