Senate roll call 126 · 54th Congress · Dec 9, 1896
To consider H. R. 2749 the revenue bill to temporarily increase revenue to meet the expenses of the government and provide for a deficiency.
On Dec 9, 1896, the Senate voted 35–21 (HR 2749). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–5, Democrats 9–19, Others 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 35
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 9, 1896
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 19 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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