Senate roll call 125 · 53rd Congress · Apr 5, 1894
To proceed to consideration of legislative business in order to delay action on the nomination of henry w. Long. (p. 564 426)
On Apr 5, 1894, the Senate voted 14–39. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–14, Republicans 1–26, Others 0–4. 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
- 14
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 5, 1894
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-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
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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