Senate roll call 24 · 54th Congress · Feb 7, 1896
To table the resolution amending rule xvi.
On Feb 7, 1896, the Senate voted 39–29. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–18, Democrats 20–14, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 39
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 7, 1896
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 18 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY 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
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- 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 Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-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
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-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
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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