Senate roll call 80 · 54th Congress · May 18, 1896
To reconsider the vote by which the amendment to H. R. 6994 (29 stat 251, 6/6/96), a bill relating to the sale of gas in the district of columbia, was agreed to
On May 18, 1896, the Senate voted 14–31 (HR 6994). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–20, Democrats 8–14, Others 4–1. 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
- 14
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 18, 1896
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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