Senate roll call 187 · 54th Congress · Feb 27, 1897
To pass an amendment to H. R. 10292, a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1898; which am
On Feb 27, 1897, the Senate voted 37–12 (HR 10292). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–4, Democrats 14–8, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 37
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Other votes
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