Senate roll call 313 · 55th Congress · Jun 17, 1898
To amend S. 3414, by depriving it of broad powers to perform any and all acts and duties not inconsistent with law, so as to limit its powers to specific acts,
On Jun 17, 1898, the Senate voted 20–25 (S 3414). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–24, Democrats 16–1, Others 6–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 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
- 20
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jun 17, 1898
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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