Senate roll call 81 · 53rd Congress · Oct 31, 1893
To amend H.R. 3289, a bill authorizing the new york and new jersey bridge company to construct and maintain an interstate bridge over the hudson river, by provi
On Oct 31, 1893, the Senate voted 17–27 (HR 3289). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–21, Republicans 11–10, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Oct 31, 1893
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 21 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 10 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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