Senate roll call 72 · 58th Congress · Feb 23, 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 23, 1905, the Senate voted 10–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 1–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Feb 23, 1905
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Lewis Heisler Ball R-DE voted yes
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA voted yes
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn R-ID voted yes
- Chester Isaiah Long R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted yes
- Russell Alexander Alger R-MI voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI voted yes
- Thomas Kearns R-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller D-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Frank Allee R-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Murphy James Foster D-LA
- Winthrop Murray Crane R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- Anselm Joseph Mclaurin D-MS
- Paris Gibson D-MT
- Lee Slater Overman D-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Henry Eben Burnham R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer D-SC
- Robert Jackson Gamble R-SD
- Edward Ward Carmack D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Paul Clarke D-AR
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson D-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Fred Thomas Dubois D-ID
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Joseph Ralph Burton R-KS
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons D-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Charles Henry Dietrich R-NE
- Joseph Hopkins Millard R-NE
- John Fairfield Dryden R-NJ
- Francis Griffith Newlands D-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Charles William Frederick Dick R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Charles William Fulton R-OR
- 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
- Alfred Beard Kittredge R-SD
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Redfield Proctor 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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