Senate roll call 53 · 54th Congress · Apr 13, 1896
To recede from the Senate amendment to H. R. 6248, which amendment authorizes the secretary of interior to extend for one year from july 1, 1896, the present co
On Apr 13, 1896, the Senate voted 28–25 (HR 6248). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 7–21, Democrats 22–1, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 28
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Apr 13, 1896
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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