Senate roll call 44 · 54th Congress · Mar 30, 1896
To pass S. 502, a bill to approve a compromise between the U.S. And arkansas.
On Mar 30, 1896, the Senate voted 38–14 (S 502). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–0, Republicans 11–13, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 38
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 30, 1896
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- 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
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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