Senate roll call 137 · 54th Congress · Jan 21, 1897
To adjourn to next monday, so as to omit sessions for friday and saturday, in order to prepare for discussion on S. 3247.
On Jan 21, 1897, the Senate voted 13–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–19, Democrats 8–6, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 13
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Jan 21, 1897
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 6 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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