Senate roll call 273 · 53rd Congress · Jun 5, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by seeking to admit free of duty all sugars, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, meloda, concentrated meloda, concrete and
On Jun 5, 1894, the Senate voted 26–37 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–36, Republicans 25–3, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 26
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 5, 1894
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 36 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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