Senate roll call 236 · 55th Congress · Mar 31, 1898
To amend H.R. 8428 (30 stat 597, 7/1/1898), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for fiscal 1899, by appropriating $45,000 t
On Mar 31, 1898, the Senate voted 19–38 (HR 8428). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–16, Republicans 10–15, Others 1–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 31, 1898
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted yes
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV voted yes
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- George Gray D-DE
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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