Senate roll call 405 · 53rd Congress · Jul 3, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by providing to eliminate from the free duty list barbed wire, commonly used for fencing. (p. 8470-1)
On Jul 3, 1894, the Senate voted 38–32 (HR 4864). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–30, Republicans 31–0, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 38
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 3, 1894
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 30 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. 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
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell 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
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas 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
- John Martin D-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill 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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