Senate roll call 235 · 55th Congress · Mar 24, 1898
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed that when it adjourns today, it be until next monday. (p. 3162)
On Mar 24, 1898, the Senate voted 9–52. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–27, Democrats 1–20, Others 4–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 6 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
- 9
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 24, 1898
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 27 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- 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
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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