Senate roll call 164 · 54th Congress · Feb 19, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the treaty between the U.S. And great britain for arbitrating matters of difference between the two countries.
On Feb 19, 1897, the Senate voted 18–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–9, Republicans 4–14, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 18
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Feb 19, 1897
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 14 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell 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
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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