Senate roll call 515 · 53rd Congress · Feb 18, 1895
To proceed to consideration of bonds, and the coinage of silver. (JP. 126-1)
On Feb 18, 1895, the Senate voted 30–27 (S 2642). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–12, Republicans 11–16, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 30
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 18, 1895
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- 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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