Senate roll call 33 · 54th Congress · Feb 28, 1896
To pass the concurrent resolution, as amended, which relates to the recognition of the state of war existing between spain and cuba.
On Feb 28, 1896, the Senate voted 64–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–3, Democrats 29–4, Others 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 64
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 28, 1896
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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