Senate roll call 326 · 55th Congress · Jul 6, 1898
To amend H.J. RES. 259, by imposing an excise tax of one cent per pound on all sugars imported from hawaii, upon passage and acceptance by the hawaiian legislat
On Jul 6, 1898, the Senate voted 4–57 (HJR 259). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–35, Democrats 1–21, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 3 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
- 4
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 6, 1898
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore 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
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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