Senate roll call 173 · 54th Congress · Feb 22, 1897
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H. R. 1002.
On Feb 22, 1897, the Senate voted 14–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–12, Republicans 3–16, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Feb 22, 1897
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 16 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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