Senate roll call 142 · 54th Congress · Jan 29, 1897
To adjourn, that when the house adjourns today, it will meet again monday next.
On Jan 29, 1897, the Senate voted 40–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 21–1, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 40
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 29, 1897
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- 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
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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