Senate roll call 420 · 53rd Congress · Jul 10, 1894
To amend H.R. 6016 (28 stat 104) making appropriations for the service of the post office department for the fiscal year ending june 1895, by providing to elimi
On Jul 10, 1894, the Senate voted 18–26 (HR 6016). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–14, Republicans 3–12, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 18
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jul 10, 1894
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 12 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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