Senate roll call 151 · 54th Congress · Feb 13, 1897
To recommit the nomination of john y. Ostrander, as commissioner in and for the district of alaska, and to reside at juneau.
On Feb 13, 1897, the Senate voted 18–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–25, Republicans 18–4, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 18
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 13, 1897
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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