Senate roll call 31 · 55th Congress · Apr 22, 1897
To pass S. 1035.
On Apr 22, 1897, the Senate voted 49–8 (S 1035). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–0, Democrats 16–8, Others 9–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 49
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Apr 22, 1897
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- 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
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
Did not vote
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.