Senate roll call 138 · 54th Congress · Jan 22, 1897
To adjourn to monday next and eliminate all interrenial sessions, motion made during action on S. 3247.
On Jan 22, 1897, the Senate voted 17–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–20, Democrats 13–5, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 54th Congress (1895–1896), Grover Cleveland was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jan 22, 1897
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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