Senate roll call 56 · 55th Congress · May 29, 1897
To amend H.R. 379, by striking out the words "cylinder and crown glass, silvered and looking glass plates" and in so doing provide furniture manufacturers with
On May 29, 1897, the Senate voted 21–25 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–25, Democrats 20–0, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- May 29, 1897
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- 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
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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