Senate roll call 188 · 54th Congress · Mar 1, 1897
To table the nomination of henry e. Davis to be attorney for the U.S. For the district of columbia.
On Mar 1, 1897, the Senate voted 41–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–9, Republicans 16–7, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 41
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 1, 1897
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted no
- Redfield Proctor R-VT 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
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- 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
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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