The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (55th Congress) · April 14, 1898
Recorded vote
TO ADJOURN, A MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S.J. RES. 149, (30 STAT 738, 4/20/1898), DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT TO USE ARMED FORCE IN CUBA TO EFFECT RELINQUISHMENT BY SPAIN OF ITS GOVERNMENT THERE, AND THE WITHDRA…
Procedural
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
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The official record
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 every one voted no; 10 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 1 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — YEA
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Moore Teller (Silver Republican) — NAY
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Warren Fairbanks (Republican) — YEA
- David Turpie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lucien Baker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Harris (Populist) — NAY
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James McMillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Cary Walthall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hernando De Soto Money (Democrat) — NAY
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Marion Butler (Populist) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- William Joyce Sewell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Silver) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Collier Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Kyle (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew (Silver Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Jenne Cannon (Silver Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Turner (Silver Republican) — NAY
- John Lockwood Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Coit Spooner (Republican) — YEA
- John Lendrum Mitchell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 89 members
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