Senate roll call 163 · 54th Congress · Feb 19, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the treaty between U.S. And great britain for arbitrating matters of difference between the two countries.
On Feb 19, 1897, the Senate voted 16–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Republicans 4–14, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 19, 1897
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 14 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-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
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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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