Senate roll call 523 · 53rd Congress · Feb 21, 1895
To amend H.R. 8479 (28 stat 876, app 3/2/1895), indian appropriations bill, by eliminating appropriations totaling $53,000 for support and education of indian p
On Feb 21, 1895, the Senate voted 21–32 (HR 8479). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–10, Republicans 6–20, Others 1–2. 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
- 21
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 21, 1895
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted no
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Eppa Hunton D-VA voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- 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
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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