To consider the resolution to amend paragraph one of Senate rule xvi, by eliminating the provision that all general appropriation bills be referred to the commi

On Feb 4, 1896, the Senate voted 49–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–15, Democrats 23–10, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 49
No: 24
Did not vote: 14
Date: Feb 4, 1896

By party

Democrats23 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans23 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
George Gray D-DE voted no
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To consider the resolution to amend…: Senate Vote, Feb 4, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-S-20/to-consider-the-resolution-to-amend-paragraph-one-of (accessed 2026-10-17).