Senate roll call 218 · 55th Congress · Feb 17, 1898
To refer a resolution to the committee on pacific railroads. (p. 1828-1)
On Feb 17, 1898, the Senate voted 31–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–4, Democrats 2–24, Others 1–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 31
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 17, 1898
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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
- 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
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- 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 Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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