Senate roll call 108 · 54th Congress · Jun 3, 1896
To override the veto of the President and pass H. R. 7977 (29 stat l 202, 6/3/96), an act making appropriations for the construction, repair and preservation of
On Jun 3, 1896, the Senate voted 56–5 (HR 7977). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–3, Democrats 26–8, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 56
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jun 3, 1896
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-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
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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