Senate roll call 266 · 55th Congress · May 16, 1898
To have nomination of charles w. Buckley to be postmaster at montgomery in the county of montgomery and state of alabama affirmed. (p. 322, 681, 783)
On May 16, 1898, the Senate voted 25–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–0, Democrats 0–24, Others 1–7. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 55th Congress (1897–1898), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 16, 1898
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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