Senate roll call 88 · 54th Congress · May 21, 1896
To consider executive business, by postponing action on S. 1341.
On May 21, 1896, the Senate voted 10–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–13, Democrats 1–16, Others 0–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- May 21, 1896
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 16 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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