Senate roll call 25 · 55th Congress · Apr 19, 1897
To table the amendment to H.R. 15, which amendment establishes and maintains at omaha, nebraska, sixty days after passage of this act, a warehouse for indian su
On Apr 19, 1897, the Senate voted 17–27 (HR 15). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–4, Democrats 0–18, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Apr 19, 1897
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
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
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart 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
- 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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