Senate roll call 10 · 55th Congress · Mar 31, 1897
To table the amendment to article II of treaty, which amendment strikes out "shall be dealt with" and inserts in lieu thereof "may be submitted to by aebitratio
On Mar 31, 1897, the Senate voted 39–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–5, Democrats 9–13, Others 1–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 31, 1897
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- David Turpie D-IN voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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