Senate roll call 39 · 54th Congress · Mar 27, 1896
To amend H. R. 6248 (29 stat l. 140, 5/28/96), a bill appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending
On Mar 27, 1896, the Senate voted 18–30 (HR 6248). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–22, Democrats 14–9, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 18
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 27, 1896
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- 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
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 6248 (29 stat l. 140…: Senate Vote, Mar 27, 1896,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-S-39/to-amend-h-r-6248-29-stat-l-140 (accessed 2026-10-17).