Senate roll call 14 · 54th Congress · Feb 1, 1896
To amend H. R. 2904, by prohibiting the secretary of the treasury from issuing bonds or other interest hearing obligations without the consent of Congress.
On Feb 1, 1896, the Senate voted 21–54 (HR 2904). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–31, Democrats 9–26, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 21
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Feb 1, 1896
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 26 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 31 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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