Senate roll call 306 · 55th Congress · Jun 8, 1898
To amend S. 4545, a bill providing for the taking of the twelfth and subsequent censuses, by providing for the appointment of the chief clerk and chief statisti
On Jun 8, 1898, the Senate voted 18–31 (S 4545). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–26, Democrats 17–7, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 8, 1898
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA voted yes
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- 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
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- 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
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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