Senate roll call 69 · 58th Congress · Feb 18, 1905
To decide the admissibility of evidence in the impeachment trial of charles swayne, U.S. District court judge in and for the northern district of florida; which
On Feb 18, 1905, the Senate voted 29–47. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–40, Democrats 23–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 29
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 18, 1905
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 40 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Paris Gibson D-MT voted no
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV voted no
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA voted yes
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- John Kean R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Levi Ankeny R-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Philander Chase Knox R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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