Senate roll call 96 · 53rd Congress · Feb 7, 1894
To amend H.R. 2331, by proposal to eliminate the section which would change the required number of inhabitants in any state from 20,000 to 200,000 as being nece
On Feb 7, 1894, the Senate voted 27–39 (HR 2331). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–35, Republicans 27–0, Others 0–4. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 53rd Congress (1893–1894), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 7, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 35 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler 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 Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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