Senate roll call 15 · 54th Congress · Feb 1, 1896
To table the amendment of the committee on finance to H. R. 2904.
On Feb 1, 1896, the Senate voted 34–43 (HR 2904). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–18, Democrats 14–23, Others 0–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 34
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Feb 1, 1896
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 18 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- 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
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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