Senate roll call 3 · 54th Congress · Dec 18, 1895
To amend the resolution appointing a committee to investigate the subject of organized efforts of corporations to control the election of members of Congress, b
On Dec 18, 1895, the Senate voted 29–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–7, Democrats 9–14, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 29
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 18, 1895
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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