Senate roll call 23 · 54th Congress · Feb 7, 1896
To adjourn, made during debate on the resolution amending rule xvi.
On Feb 7, 1896, the Senate voted 21–52. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–26, Democrats 8–23, Others 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 52
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 7, 1896
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott 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
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard 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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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