Senate roll call 345 · 55th Congress · Jan 24, 1899
To table a resolution providing that the secretary of the navy be, and is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate with the facts and military records in the poss
On Jan 24, 1899, the Senate voted 17–35. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–8, Democrats 1–19, Others 0–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 17
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jan 24, 1899
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 19 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George 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
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- 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
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
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