Senate roll call 186 · 54th Congress · Feb 27, 1897
To amend, H. R. 10289 (29 stat 644, 3/3/97), the 1897 post office appropriation bill, by eliminating the appropriation of $171,238.75 for necessary and special
On Feb 27, 1897, the Senate voted 8–41 (HR 10289). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–24, Democrats 4–19, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 41
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- William Freeman Vilas D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois R-ID
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- John McAuley Palmer D-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alfred Peffer O-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- David Bennett Hill D-NY
- Calvin Stewart Brice D-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Arthur Brown R-UT
- Frank Jenne Cannon R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Laurens Manning Irby D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend, H. R. 10289 (29 stat 644, 3/3/97)…: Senate Vote, Feb 27…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-S-186/to-amend-h-r-10289-29-stat-644-3 (accessed 2026-10-17).