To refer to the committee on rules the resolution amending Senate rule xvi with instructions to to report the same back to the Senate on first monday of decembe

On Feb 7, 1896, the Senate voted 40–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–16, Democrats 21–13, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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: 40
No: 28
Did not vote: 16
Date: Feb 7, 1896

By party

Democrats21 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
David Turpie D-IN voted no
Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA 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
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
Frank Jenne Cannon 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

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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