Senate roll call 28 · 55th Congress · Apr 21, 1897
To adjourn, a motion made during consideration of S. 413, a bill authorizing and directing the secretary of the treasury to pay the moneys as specified to the r
On Apr 21, 1897, the Senate voted 11–21. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–13, Republicans 7–7, Others 1–1. 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
- 11
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Apr 21, 1897
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 7 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Lindsay D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- 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
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- 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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor 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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