Senate roll call 272 · 55th Congress · May 24, 1898
To have the nomination of collin p. Anthony to be postmaster at scotland neck in the county of halifax and state of north carolina affirmed. (p. 818, 615, 699)
On May 24, 1898, the Senate voted 17–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–1, Democrats 0–15, Others 0–5. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 17
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- May 24, 1898
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 15 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 1 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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