Senate roll call 339 · 55th Congress · Jan 19, 1899
To amend S. 4792, by liquidating maritime canal company of nicaragua, stock for the actual value of the property turned over instead of paying to the company TH
On Jan 19, 1899, the Senate voted 13–33 (S 4792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–22, Democrats 12–8, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 13
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jan 19, 1899
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted no
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted yes
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler 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
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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