Senate roll call 6 · 58th Congress · Feb 15, 1904
To pass S. 1553, n.p., a bill authorising the secretary of the treasury to pay $150,000 to liliuokalani, formerly queen of the kingdom of hawaii.
On Feb 15, 1904, the Senate voted 26–26 (S 1553). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–26, Democrats 15–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 58th Congress (1903–1904), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 15, 1904
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted yes
- Charles William Fulton R-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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