Senate roll call 60 · 54th Congress · May 1, 1896
To amend the naval appropriation bill by eliminating from the bill, the appropriation of $3,750,000, for the construction of two sea going battleships of 11,000
On May 1, 1896, the Senate voted 13–44 (HR 7542). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–31, Democrats 11–17, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 13
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 1, 1896
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 31 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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