Senate roll call 9 · 54th Congress · Jan 14, 1896
To amend S. 1 (29 stat 708, 2/8/96), a bill granting a pension to the widow of general WM. Cogswell, by reducing the pension from $75 to $50 per month.
On Jan 14, 1896, the Senate voted 23–36 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–8, Republicans 0–30, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 23
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 14, 1896
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1 (29 stat 708, 2/8/96), a bill…: Senate Vote, Jan 14…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-S-9/to-amend-s-1-29-stat-708-2-8 (accessed 2026-10-16).