Senate roll call 97 · 54th Congress · May 25, 1896
To decide a point of order raised during debate on H. R. 8293, (29 stat l 267, 6/8/96), a bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriation
On May 25, 1896, the Senate voted 32–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–4, Democrats 10–11, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 32
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 25, 1896
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- 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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