Senate roll call 11 · 54th Congress · Feb 1, 1896
To consent to the nomination of john joseph coppinger to be a brigadier as of april 25, 1895.
On Feb 1, 1896, the Senate voted 46–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–12, Democrats 24–2, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 54th Congress (1895–1896), Grover Cleveland was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 1, 1896
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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