Senate roll call 41 · 54th Congress · Mar 27, 1896
To table the amendment to H. R. 6248 (29 stat 140, 5/28/96), an act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the governmen
On Mar 27, 1896, the Senate voted 21–29 (HR 6248). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 23–3, Democrats 0–25, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 27, 1896
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- 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
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table the amendment to H. R. 6248 (29…: Senate Vote, Mar 27, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-S-41/to-table-the-amendment-to-h-r-6248-29 (accessed 2026-10-16).