Senate roll call 325 · 55th Congress · Jul 6, 1898
To amend H.J. RES. 259, by requiring the hawaiian plebiscite to be held under and by the authority of the existing laws of the islands, not in conflict with the
On Jul 6, 1898, the Senate voted 20–43 (HJR 259). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–35, Democrats 18–6, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 43
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 6, 1898
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 35 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- 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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
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