Senate roll call 36 · 54th Congress · Mar 13, 1896
To consent to the nomination of william h. Anderson to be register of the land office at enid, oklahoma territory.
On Mar 13, 1896, the Senate voted 25–24. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–1, Republicans 1–21, Others 1–2. 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 13, 1896
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 21 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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