Senate roll call 454 · 53rd Congress · Aug 16, 1894
To refer to the committee on finance H.R. 7971, to exempt from futy sugar, molasses etc. (JP. 364-1)
On Aug 16, 1894, the Senate voted 32–17 (HR 7971). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–21, Republicans 21–2, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 32
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 16, 1894
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery 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
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- 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 Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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