To amend the amendment in committee of the whole to sundry civil appropriations bill, H.R. 16, (30 stat l. 11, 6/4/1897) by restoring to public domain certain l

On May 6, 1897, the Senate voted 14–32 (HR 16). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 7–10, Others 0–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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: 14
No: 32
Did not vote: 46
Date: May 6, 1897

By party

Democrats7 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted yes
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
George Gray D-DE voted yes
John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN voted yes
William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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