Senate roll call 258 · 55th Congress · May 9, 1898
To pass S.J. RES. 162, (30 stat 742, 5/10/1898) tendering the thanks of Congress to commodore dewey and to the officers and men of the squadron under his comman
On May 9, 1898, the Senate voted 67–0 (SJR 162). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–0, Democrats 28–0, Others 11–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 67
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 9, 1898
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 1 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
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- 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
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-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
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S.J. RES. 162, (30 stat 742…: Senate Vote, May 9, 1898,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-S-258/to-pass-s-j-res-162-30-stat-742 (accessed 2026-10-17).