Senate roll call 154 · 54th Congress · Feb 17, 1897
To agree to the conference report on H. R. 7864, the immigration laws bill amending the immigration laws of the United States.
On Feb 17, 1897, the Senate voted 34–31 (HR 7864). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–5, Democrats 4–26, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 34
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 17, 1897
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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