Senate roll call 507 · 53rd Congress · Feb 15, 1895
To amend H.R. 8272 by reducing the appropriation of $196,614.22 for facilities on various trunk lines to $176,952.80. (JP. 120-2)
On Feb 15, 1895, the Senate voted 18–31 (HR 8272). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–14, Republicans 5–17, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 15, 1895
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 17 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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 Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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