Senate roll call 48 · 54th Congress · Apr 7, 1896
To amend H. R. 6614 by appropriating $50,000 to be used by the postmaster general to defray expenses of experiments in rural free delivery.
On Apr 7, 1896, the Senate voted 27–25 (HR 6614). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 10–15, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 27
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 7, 1896
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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