Senate roll call 463 · 53rd Congress · Dec 12, 1894
To proceed to consideration of resolution of senator vest, providing that the committee on rules be instructed to report on amendment to Senate rules on termina
On Dec 12, 1894, the Senate voted 24–34 (S 1481). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–8, Republicans 2–24, Others 0–3. 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
- 24
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 12, 1894
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 24 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn 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
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- 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
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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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