Senate roll call 13 · 55th Congress · Apr 1, 1897
To table the amendment to article i of treaty, which amendment inserts the word "otherwise" after the word "fail" and before words "to adjust" also to strike ou
On Apr 1, 1897, the Senate voted 33–30. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–5, Democrats 9–17, Others 0–8. 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
- 33
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 1, 1897
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 8 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
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew 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
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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