Senate roll call 84 · 54th Congress · May 20, 1896
To amend H. R. 8109, which amendment proposes that all appropriations made in this bill shall be payable in treasury notes to be issued by the secretary of the
On May 20, 1896, the Senate voted 12–43 (HR 8109). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–30, Democrats 7–19, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 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
- 12
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 20, 1896
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 30 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- 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 Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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