Senate roll call 63 · 54th Congress · May 2, 1896
To amend H. R. 7542, by eliminating from the bill the words "one thousand" and inserting "five hundred."
On May 2, 1896, the Senate voted 23–27 (HR 7542). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–24, Democrats 18–3, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 2, 1896
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 24 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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