Senate roll call 529 · 53rd Congress · Feb 22, 1895
To amend H.R. 8479, by eliminating proviso that the secretary of interior make contracts for the education of indian pupils for fiscal year ending june 30, 1896
On Feb 22, 1895, the Senate voted 13–33 (HR 8479). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–20, Republicans 9–13, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 22, 1895
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 20 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- John Martin D-KS voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Martin D-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-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
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-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
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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