Senate roll call 509 · 53rd Congress · Feb 15, 1895
To table H.R. 8272 providing that sum appropriated for fast mail service be divided to include and establish trunk lines lines from louisville, covington and ne
On Feb 15, 1895, the Senate voted 33–23 (HR 8272). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–16, Republicans 20–4, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 33
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 15, 1895
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-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
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- 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 Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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