Senate roll call 205 · 53rd Congress · May 16, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864, by increasing the duty on chrome yellow, chrome green and all other chromium colors in which lead and bichromate of potash or soda are compo
On May 16, 1894, the Senate voted 17–30 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–29, Republicans 17–0, Others 0–1. 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
- 17
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- May 16, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 29 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 0 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 3 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- 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
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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