Senate roll call 75 · 55th Congress · Jun 3, 1897
To amend an amendment to H.R. 379, by providing that horseshoe nails, bob nails, and all other wrought iron or steel nails not specifically provided for in this
On Jun 3, 1897, the Senate voted 22–32 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–31, Democrats 23–1, Others 1–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 22
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 3, 1897
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
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
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- 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 Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- 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 Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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