Senate roll call 140 · 54th Congress · Jan 27, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the motion to recommit S. 3247 to the select committee on the construction of the nicaragua canal.
On Jan 27, 1897, the Senate voted 28–27. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 5–23, Democrats 22–1, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 28
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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