Senate roll call 71 · 54th Congress · May 7, 1896
To amend the bond sale investigation resolution, by eliminating the clause requiring the committee to investigate and report what amount of available funds, cla
On May 7, 1896, the Senate voted 7–44. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–29, Democrats 7–14, Others 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 7
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 7, 1896
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 29 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA 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
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- 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
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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 Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the bond sale investigation…: Senate Vote, May 7, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-S-71/to-amend-the-bond-sale-investigation-resolution-by-eliminating (accessed 2026-10-17).