Senate roll call 331 · 55th Congress · Dec 8, 1898
To adjourn, a motion made during consideration of S. 4792, a bill to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the wartime canal company of nicaragua" approv
On Dec 8, 1898, the Senate voted 13–42. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–24, Democrats 9–13, Others 2–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 13
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 8, 1898
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 24 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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