Senate roll call 114 · 54th Congress · Jun 4, 1896
To table the amendment to H. R. 8008 which amendment provides taxes on filled cheese for incidental and collateral purposes, in order to protect the public agai
On Jun 4, 1896, the Senate voted 35–13 (HR 8008). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–0, Democrats 5–13, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 35
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 4, 1896
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
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
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie 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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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