Senate roll call 168 · 54th Congress · Feb 20, 1897
To amend H. R. 1002, by eliminating the words "within the state or territory where such agency is located," for the purpose of allowing the secretary of the int
On Feb 20, 1897, the Senate voted 17–32 (HR 1002). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–24, Democrats 17–5, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 17
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 20, 1897
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- 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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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