Senate roll call 130 · 54th Congress · Dec 17, 1896
To amend H. R. 7864 a bill amending immigration laws, by adding that the act shall not apply to persons arriving from cuba during the continuance of the present
On Dec 17, 1896, the Senate voted 47–6 (HR 7864). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–1, Democrats 15–5, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 47
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Dec 17, 1896
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-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
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- 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
- 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
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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