Senate roll call 283 · 55th Congress · Jun 3, 1898
To amend H.R. 10100, by authorizing the issue of silver certificates for silver coinage up to the sum of $42,000,000. (p. 5457-1)
On Jun 3, 1898, the Senate voted 48–31 (HR 10100). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–29, Democrats 29–3, Others 12–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 48
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jun 3, 1898
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 29 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
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
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- 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
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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