Senate roll call 132 · 54th Congress · Dec 17, 1896
To pass an amendment to H. R. 7864, a bill amending U.S. Immigration laws, by adding that no person shall be admitted to U.S. Citizenship who cannot correctly r
On Dec 17, 1896, the Senate voted 52–10 (HR 7864). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–0, Democrats 14–11, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 52
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 17, 1896
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- 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
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- 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
- David Bennett Hill 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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