Senate roll call 145 · 54th Congress · Feb 3, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 3247, a bill amending the act, incorporating the maritime canal company of nicaragua, appr. February 20, 1887.
On Feb 3, 1897, the Senate voted 12–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–17, Democrats 10–8, 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
- 12
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Feb 3, 1897
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 17 no · 25 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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 Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor 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
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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