Senate roll call 86 · 54th Congress · May 21, 1896
To concur in the report of the committee on conference on H. R. 6248, (29 stat l 140, 5/28/96), a bill making appropriations for the legislative executive and j
On May 21, 1896, the Senate voted 26–33 (HR 6248). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–9, Democrats 1–26, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 26
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 21, 1896
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- 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
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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