To table the amendment to the resolution, directing the committee on finance to investigate and report the material, facts, and circumstances connected with the

On Feb 24, 1896, the Senate voted 16–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–17, Democrats 4–17, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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: 16
No: 34
Did not vote: 35
Date: Feb 24, 1896

By party

Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
George Gray D-DE voted yes
Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted yes
Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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