Senate roll call 54 · 54th Congress · Apr 17, 1896
To adjourn until monday next, motion made during debate on the resolution which provides for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the sale of b
On Apr 17, 1896, the Senate voted 36–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–24, Democrats 25–3, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 36
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 17, 1896
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- 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
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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