Senate roll call 502 · 53rd Congress · Feb 14, 1895
To decide point of order, during consideration of H.R. 8272, which point of order contended the amendment providing that the postmaster general direct the expen
On Feb 14, 1895, the Senate voted 17–39 (HR 8272). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–30, Democrats 19–8, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 17
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 14, 1895
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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