Senate roll call 23 · 58th Congress · Mar 15, 1904
To amend H.R. 12446, by providing that the secretary of war may purchase one submarine for experimental purposes. (p. 3217-2)
On Mar 15, 1904, the Senate voted 32–18 (HR 12446). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–4, Democrats 3–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 58th Congress (1903–1904), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 15, 1904
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 4 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted no
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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