Senate roll call 131 · 55th Congress · Jun 24, 1897
To amend an amendment to H.R. 379, by applying the duty on wool cloth or knit fabrics made in part of wool, only to the amount of wool contained therein. (p. 1
On Jun 24, 1897, the Senate voted 22–28 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–26, Democrats 19–1, Others 4–3. 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jun 24, 1897
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 5 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 Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
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
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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