Senate roll call 514 · 53rd Congress · Feb 18, 1895
To proceed to consideration of H.R. 8479 (28 stat 876 app 3/2/1895), a bill making appropriation for current and contingent expenses of the indian department an
On Feb 18, 1895, the Senate voted 26–30 (HR 8479). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–17, Republicans 16–10, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 26
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 18, 1895
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Martin D-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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