Senate roll call 179 · 54th Congress · Feb 24, 1897
To amend H. R. 1002, by eliminating from said amendment, the words "and no right of either party shall be impaired by reason of any previous award or ruling mad
On Feb 24, 1897, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 1002). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–16, Democrats 15–7, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 24, 1897
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- 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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