Senate roll call 440 · 53rd Congress · Aug 1, 1894
To recede from amendment to H.R. 3606 (28 stat 263, 8/8/94), requiring companies operating railroads in the territories over right of way granted by the governm
On Aug 1, 1894, the Senate voted 24–20 (HR 3606). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–7, Republicans 7–14, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 24
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Aug 1, 1894
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 7 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel 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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