Senate roll call 444 · 53rd Congress · Aug 8, 1894
To proceed to consideration of H.R. 4609, a bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy, no quorum. (JP. 347-1)
On Aug 8, 1894, the Senate voted 27–11 (HR 4609). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–3, Republicans 7–8, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 27
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Aug 8, 1894
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 8 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- David Turpie D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- 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
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas 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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