Senate roll call 171 · 54th Congress · Feb 22, 1897
To decide the point of order to the amendment to H. R. 1002, by which amendment it is provided that all appropriations for the education of indian children in s
On Feb 22, 1897, the Senate voted 22–28 (HR 1002). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–23, Republicans 18–4, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 22, 1897
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- 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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