Senate roll call 111 · 54th Congress · Jun 4, 1896
To recede from Senate amendments 69 and 70 to H. R. 6249 (29 stat l 321, 6/10/96), a bill making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the india
On Jun 4, 1896, the Senate voted 17–31 (HR 6249). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–9, Democrats 1–23, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 4, 1896
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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