Senate roll call 184 · 53rd Congress · May 15, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by providing a 15% ad valorem tax on all preparations of coal tar, not colors or dyes, as not specifically provided for in this act. (JP. 19
On May 15, 1894, the Senate voted 21–30 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–31, Republicans 21–0, Others 1–1. 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
- 21
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- May 15, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 31 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh 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
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell 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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