Senate roll call 497 · 53rd Congress · Feb 7, 1895
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On Feb 7, 1895, the Senate voted 40–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–6, Republicans 16–8, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 40
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 7, 1895
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- John Martin D-KS voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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