Senate roll call 70 · 54th Congress · May 6, 1896
To amend the bond sale investigation resolution, by eliminating the provision authorizing the vice President to investigate bond sales, and by substituting inst
On May 6, 1896, the Senate voted 35–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 23–3, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 35
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 6, 1896
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- 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
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- 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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