Senate roll call 93 · 55th Congress · Jun 10, 1897
To amend H.R. 379, by paying a bounty on the export of wheat, 10 cents per bushel, wheat flour, 50 cents per barrel rye, 10 cents per bushel, rye flour, 50 cent
On Jun 10, 1897, the Senate voted 10–59 (HR 379). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–36, Democrats 3–25, Others 9–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 3 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
- 10
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 10, 1897
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 25 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 36 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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