Senate roll call 106 · 55th Congress · Jun 17, 1897
To amend H.R. 379, by providing that no duty be levied to exceed 8 cents per pound on yarns valued at not exceeding 25 cents per pound, nor exceeding 15 cents p
On Jun 17, 1897, the Senate voted 20–29 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–26, Democrats 20–1, Others 2–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jun 17, 1897
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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