Senate roll call 87 · 53rd Congress · Jan 15, 1894
Confirmation of the nomination of william b. Hornblower as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. (p. 352 243-339)
On Jan 15, 1894, the Senate voted 24–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–18, Republicans 12–18, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 15, 1894
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Martin D-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Douglass White D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Eppa Hunton D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Patrick Walsh D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Patton Jr. R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis D-NC
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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