Senate roll call 404 · 53rd Congress · Jul 3, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by exempting from the payment of income tax the President of the United States and judges of the supreme court. (p. 8461-2)
On Jul 3, 1894, the Senate voted 34–36 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–27, Republicans 24–6, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 34
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 3, 1894
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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