Senate roll call 177 · 54th Congress · Feb 24, 1897
To consider S. 3690, the ST. Louis river bridge bill, amending an act and its supplements and acts amendatory thereof, authorizing the construction of a steel b
On Feb 24, 1897, the Senate voted 17–29 (S 3690). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–12, Democrats 6–16, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 24, 1897
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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