Senate roll call 59 · 54th Congress · May 1, 1896
To amend the naval appropriation bill by reducing the number of battleships to be constructed from four to two.
On May 1, 1896, the Senate voted 31–27 (HR 7542). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–25, Democrats 23–8, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 31
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 1, 1896
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
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
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- 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
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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