Senate roll call 39 · 58th Congress · Dec 16, 1904
To amend H.R. 14623, authorizing the general government of the philippine islands the right of regulating charges for freight and passenger service on railroad
On Dec 16, 1904, the Senate voted 33–39 (HR 14623). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–39, Democrats 24–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 33
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Dec 16, 1904
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 39 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD voted yes
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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