Senate roll call 22 · 54th Congress · Feb 6, 1896
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the resolution to amend rule xvi.
On Feb 6, 1896, the Senate voted 34–29. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–18, Democrats 20–13, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 6, 1896
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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