Senate roll call 195 · 54th Congress · Mar 3, 1897
To go into executive session.
On Mar 3, 1897, the Senate voted 33–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–12, Democrats 19–0, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 33
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 3, 1897
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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