Senate roll call 34 · 55th Congress · May 5, 1897
To have Senate ratify treaty between the United States and great britain for the arbitration of matters in difference between the two countries signed at washin
On May 5, 1897, the Senate voted 43–26. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–7, Democrats 13–12, Others 0–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 43
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 5, 1897
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted no
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted no
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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