Senate roll call 250 · 55th Congress · Apr 18, 1898
To ask a further conference with the house on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on H.J. RES. 233. (p. 4036-1)
On Apr 18, 1898, the Senate voted 39–40 (HJR 233). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 37–5, Democrats 5–26, Others 0–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 39
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Apr 18, 1898
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 26 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 12 no
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted no
- George Gray D-DE voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- 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
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- 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
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- 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
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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