Senate roll call 70 · 58th Congress · Feb 22, 1905
To amend H.R. 16986, a bill regarding construction of the panama canal and to provide for the government of the canal zone by limiting the use of vessels for TH
On Feb 22, 1905, the Senate voted 26–12 (HR 16986). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–4, Democrats 0–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 26
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 22, 1905
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 4 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE voted no
- John Kean R-NJ voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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