Senate roll call 26 · 54th Congress · Feb 12, 1896
To amend S. 176, a bill providing for the construction of a memorial bridge across the potomac river, by adding a provision that half of the cost for the constr
On Feb 12, 1896, the Senate voted 8–54 (S 176). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–26, Republicans 1–29, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 8
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 12, 1896
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- 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
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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