Senate roll call 51 · 54th Congress · Apr 7, 1896
To amend H. R. 6614, by reducing the appropriation from $196,614.20 to $175,000, for carrying facilities on truck lines from boston, massachusetts by way of new
On Apr 7, 1896, the Senate voted 19–33 (HR 6614). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–21, Democrats 13–11, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 19
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 7, 1896
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- 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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