Senate roll call 21 · 54th Congress · Feb 5, 1896
To consent to the nomination of george h. Newman to be an agent for the indians of the colville agency in washington.
On Feb 5, 1896, the Senate voted 25–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–35, Democrats 33–1, Others 3–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 25
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 5, 1896
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 35 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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