Senate roll call 61 · 54th Congress · May 2, 1896
To amend the naval appropriation bill, by substituting an appropriation for torpedo gunboats and torpedo destroyers, twenty in number, to cost in all, exclusive
On May 2, 1896, the Senate voted 23–39 (HR 7542). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–14, Democrats 4–22, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 23
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 2, 1896
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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