Senate roll call 173 · 55th Congress · Jul 5, 1897
To amend H.R. 379, by describing the combinations in restraint of trade as trusts and forbidding sale of or transportation of any article the price of which is
On Jul 5, 1897, the Senate voted 28–31 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–33, Democrats 23–0, Others 7–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 5, 1897
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 33 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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