Senate roll call 89 · 54th Congress · May 21, 1896
To go into executive session.
On May 21, 1896, the Senate voted 12–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–15, Democrats 3–15, Others 0–5. 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
- 12
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- May 21, 1896
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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