Senate roll call 157 · 54th Congress · Feb 18, 1897
To consent to the nomination of charles f. Amidon to be U.S. District judge for the district of north dakota.
On Feb 18, 1897, the Senate voted 35–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–7, Republicans 21–1, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 35
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 18, 1897
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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