Senate roll call 17 · 55th Congress · Apr 1, 1897
To table the amendment to treaty, which amendment strikes out article VII.
On Apr 1, 1897, the Senate voted 35–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–2, Democrats 10–14, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 35
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 1, 1897
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- 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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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