Senate roll call 194 · 55th Congress · Jul 16, 1897
To adjourn until monday, a motion made during discussion of a resolution. (p. 2628-1)
On Jul 16, 1897, the Senate voted 25–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–6, Democrats 4–16, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 25
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jul 16, 1897
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
- Redfield Proctor R-VT voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- 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
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- 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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