Senate roll call 34 · 54th Congress · Feb 28, 1896
To consider executive business.
On Feb 28, 1896, the Senate voted 13–39. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 0–22, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 28, 1896
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
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