Senate roll call 174 · 54th Congress · Feb 23, 1897
To decide the point of order to eliminate the amendment to H. R. 1002, which amendment provides that all that part of the uncompahgre indian reservation in the
On Feb 23, 1897, the Senate voted 31–16 (HR 1002). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–2, Democrats 7–14, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 31
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 23, 1897
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman 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
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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