Senate roll call 185 · 54th Congress · Feb 27, 1897
To table the metropolitan railroad resolution, a Senate resolution requesting the President of the U.S. To return to the house for correction, H. R. 9647 (3/1/1
On Feb 27, 1897, the Senate voted 30–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–6, Democrats 6–17, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 30
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD voted yes
- Lee Mantle R-MT voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT voted no
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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