Senate roll call 139 · 54th Congress · Jan 27, 1897
To amend H. R. 9707 (29 stat 518, 2/17/97), the bill for 1898, providing that hereafter, whenever the corps of cadets, United States military academy is ordered
On Jan 27, 1897, the Senate voted 20–28 (HR 9707). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–8, Democrats 4–19, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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 Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- 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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