Senate roll call 162 · 54th Congress · Feb 19, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the treaty between the U.S. And great britain for arbitrating matters of difference between the two countries.
On Feb 19, 1897, the Senate voted 14–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–10, Republicans 4–12, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 14
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Feb 19, 1897
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 12 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-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 Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- 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
- 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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