Senate roll call 123 · 55th Congress · Jun 23, 1897
To table the amendment to H.R. 379, which amendment reduces the amount of value put on third class wools and camels hair, from 13, to 10 cents per pound, and TH
On Jun 23, 1897, the Senate voted 19–41 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–31, Democrats 19–5, Others 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 members 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
- 19
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 23, 1897
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 31 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- 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
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
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