Senate roll call 540 · 53rd Congress · Feb 26, 1895
To decide point of order during consideration of H.R. 8518 which point of order was that the amendment providing that the bounty on sugar be paid in silver coin
On Feb 26, 1895, the Senate voted 13–50 (HR 8518). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–24, Democrats 6–24, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 50
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 26, 1895
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 24 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Patrick Walsh D-GA voted yes
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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