Senate roll call 47 · 54th Congress · Apr 7, 1896
To amend H. R. 6614, by providing that no station or substation be established or maintained beyond the boundaries or corporate limits of any city or town in WH
On Apr 7, 1896, the Senate voted 36–25 (HR 6614). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–4, Republicans 6–22, Others 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 36
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Apr 7, 1896
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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