Senate roll call 69 · 54th Congress · May 6, 1896
To refer to the committee on finance, a resolution relating to the appointment of a special committee to investigate the sale of bonds by the secretary of treas
On May 6, 1896, the Senate voted 17–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–23, Democrats 10–14, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 17
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 6, 1896
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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