Senate roll call 166 · 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 16–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–8, Republicans 3–15, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 16
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Feb 19, 1897
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 15 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted no
- 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
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
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
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson 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
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- 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 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- 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
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