Senate roll call 103 · 53rd Congress · Feb 16, 1894
Confirmation of the nomination of wheeler h. Pickham, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. (p. 423 356-408)
On Feb 16, 1894, the Senate voted 32–41. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–16, Republicans 9–27, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 32
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 16, 1894
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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