Senate roll call 170 · 54th Congress · Feb 22, 1897
To decide the point of order to the amendment to H. R. 1002, which amendment provides that all appropriations for the education of indian children in sectarian
On Feb 22, 1897, the Senate voted 18–26 (HR 1002). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–23, Republicans 15–6, Others 3–1. 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
- 18
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Feb 22, 1897
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-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
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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