Senate roll call 197 · 55th Congress · Jul 23, 1897
To proceed to consider executive business, a motion made during discussion on H.R. 379. (p. 2872-2)
On Jul 23, 1897, the Senate voted 13–57. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–38, Democrats 10–17, Others 3–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 13
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 23, 1897
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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