Senate roll call 44 · 55th Congress · May 27, 1897
To amend an amendment to H.R. 379, by preventing certain importers of certain drugs controlling the market as against the domestic manufacturers of such drugs.
On May 27, 1897, the Senate voted 35–21 (HR 379). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–0, Democrats 0–22, Others 3–1. 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
- 35
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 27, 1897
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren 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 Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore 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
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill 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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