Senate roll call 184 · 54th Congress · Feb 26, 1897
To amend H. R. 1002, by taking away from the U.S. Courts in the indian territories, exclusive jurisdiction therein, and giving them concurrent jurisdiction with
On Feb 26, 1897, the Senate voted 8–40 (HR 1002). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–23, Democrats 6–15, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 8
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 26, 1897
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Pasco D-FL voted yes
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Arthur Brown R-UT voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call 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
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
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