That when the Senate adjourns, it be to tuesday next.

On May 28, 1898, the Senate voted 33–31 (HR 10100). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–18, Democrats 14–11, Others 6–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 33
No: 31
Did not vote: 31
Date: May 28, 1898

By party

Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
David Turpie D-IN voted no
William Joseph Deboe R-KY voted yes
William Lindsay D-KY voted no
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted yes
Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted yes
Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted no
Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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