Senate roll call 91 · 54th Congress · May 22, 1896
To continue consideration S. 1341.
On May 22, 1896, the Senate voted 29–27 (S 1341). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–20, Democrats 16–8, Others 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 29
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 22, 1896
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- 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
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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