Senate roll call 408 · 53rd Congress · Jul 3, 1894
To amend H.R. 4864 by admitting free of duty under such rules and regulations as secretary of treasury shall prescribe, all wire and material for the manufactur
On Jul 3, 1894, the Senate voted 29–40 (HR 4864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–9, Republicans 0–30, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 29
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jul 3, 1894
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- John Martin D-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco 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
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- 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
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- John Martin D-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson 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
- William Morris Stewart O-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
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard 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 Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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