Senate roll call 61 · 55th Congress · Jun 1, 1897
To amend H.R. 379, by striking out paragraph 15 as amended, and substituting in lieu thereof, "spectales, eyeglasses, goggles, opera glasses, and other optical
On Jun 1, 1897, the Senate voted 19–29 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–31, Democrats 22–0, Others 0–3. 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
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 1, 1897
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 31 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- 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
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- 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
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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