Senate roll call 85 · 53rd Congress · Jan 12, 1894
To adjourn. (p. 350 177)
On Jan 12, 1894, the Senate voted 18–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Republicans 2–17, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Jan 12, 1894
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 17 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Edward Douglass White D-LA voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire 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
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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