Senate roll call 182 · 54th Congress · Feb 26, 1897
To proceed to executive business, motion made during action on H. R. 1002.
On Feb 26, 1897, the Senate voted 20–48. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–33, Democrats 17–13, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 20
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 26, 1897
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 33 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- 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
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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