Senate roll call 189 · 54th Congress · Mar 1, 1897
To proceed to executive session.
On Mar 1, 1897, the Senate voted 36–26. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–23, Democrats 24–3, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 1, 1897
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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