Senate roll call 172 · 54th Congress · Feb 22, 1897
To amend H. R. 1002, by prohibiting the expenditure by heads of departments, in connection with the transportation of the remains of deceased employees.
On Feb 22, 1897, the Senate voted 28–18 (HR 1002). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Republicans 7–13, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 28
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 22, 1897
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 13 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- 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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