Senate roll call 333 · 53rd Congress · Jun 19, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by admitting free of duty books and periodicals, devoted exclusively to original scientific research.
On Jun 19, 1894, the Senate voted 18–29 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–28, Republicans 21–0, Others 0–2. 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
- 18
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Jun 19, 1894
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 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
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
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
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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