The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (54th Congress) · February 6, 1896
Recorded vote
TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION TO AMEND RULE XVI.
Procedural
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 8 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
- George Gray (Democrat) — YEA
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — YEA
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon (Democrat) — YEA
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Thomas Dubois (Republican) — NAY
- George Laird Shoup (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Turpie (Democrat) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Lindsay (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Mellen Thurston (Republican) — YEA
- William Vincent Allen (Populist) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NAY
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Joyce Sewell (Republican) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Silver) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Calvin Stewart Brice (Democrat) — YEA
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Wycliffe McBride (Republican) — NAY
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NAY
- John Laurens Manning Irby (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Kyle (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Brown (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Jenne Cannon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NAY
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Benton Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Don Clark (Republican) — NAY
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Official records
Every vote, by name — 89 members
Select any member to pull their file.