Senate roll call 182 · 55th Congress · Jul 7, 1897
To amend an amendment to H.R. 379, by paying the interest bearing debt of the United States with any surplus revenue under the provisions of this act. (p. 2435
On Jul 7, 1897, the Senate voted 26–35 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–32, Democrats 15–5, Others 10–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 26
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 7, 1897
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 32 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Gray D-DE voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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