Senate roll call 536 · 53rd Congress · Feb 25, 1895
To amend H.R 8518 by appropriating $150,000 to be paid to harriet stanwood blaine for all rights, title and interest in property in washington, d. C., to be use
On Feb 25, 1895, the Senate voted 31–25 (HR 8518). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–19, Republicans 19–5, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 31
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 25, 1895
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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