Senate roll call 136 · 54th Congress · Jan 18, 1897
To consider S. 3247.
On Jan 18, 1897, the Senate voted 36–14 (S 3247). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–2, Democrats 11–15, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 36
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 18, 1897
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.