Senate roll call 106 · 53rd Congress · Mar 7, 1894
To adjourn, made during debate on H.R. 4956. (p. 3285-2)
On Mar 7, 1894, the Senate voted 11–41. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–25, Republicans 12–13, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 11
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 7, 1894
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Anthony Higgins R-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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