Senate roll call 83 · 53rd Congress · Dec 20, 1893
To amend H.R. 4763, (28 stat 15, app 12/21/93), a bill making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal 1894 and
On Dec 20, 1893, the Senate voted 12–41 (HR 4763). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–22, Republicans 2–25, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 12
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Dec 20, 1893
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 25 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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