Senate roll call 7 · 54th Congress · Jan 3, 1896
To consider the resolution that hereafter no bonds of the United States shall be sold at private sale or under private contract, and in case of any sale of bond
On Jan 3, 1896, the Senate voted 48–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–0, Democrats 15–6, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 48
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 3, 1896
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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