Senate roll call 90 · 53rd Congress · Jan 22, 1894
To amend a resolution concerning the examination of condition of civil service and retrenchment, by authorizing the Senate to report the number of persons emplo
On Jan 22, 1894, the Senate voted 33–12. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–13, Republicans 22–0, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 33
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jan 22, 1894
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- 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
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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