Senate roll call 183 · 54th Congress · Feb 26, 1897
To decide the point of order to the amendment, to H. R. 1002, which amendment given the U.S. Courts full jurisdiction in the indian territories, and authorizing
On Feb 26, 1897, the Senate voted 36–24 (HR 1002). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–16, Republicans 20–8, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 36
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 26, 1897
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- 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
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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