Senate roll call 229 · 55th Congress · Mar 4, 1898
To amend H.R. 5975, which amendment would permit the United States to take by condemnation or purchase, any railroad, twenty years after its construction under
On Mar 4, 1898, the Senate voted 7–48 (HR 5975). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–28, Democrats 1–20, Others 6–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 2 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
- 7
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 4, 1898
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- George Turner O-WA
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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- 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
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- 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
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- David Turpie D-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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