Senate roll call 149 · 54th Congress · Feb 8, 1897
To consider in open executive session, the treaty between the U.S. And great britain for the arbitration of matters in difference between the two countries, sig
On Feb 8, 1897, the Senate voted 9–49. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–26, Democrats 4–22, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 9
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 8, 1897
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- David Bennett Hill D-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- 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
- David Turpie D-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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