Senate roll call 115 · 54th Congress · Jun 4, 1896
To table an amendment to H. R. 8008, which amendment would discontinue the 1/8 of one cent tax per pound on #16 dutch sugar and all sugars which had been discol
On Jun 4, 1896, the Senate voted 31–16 (HR 8008). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–3, Democrats 5–14, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 31
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 4, 1896
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- 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
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- 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
- 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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