Senate roll call 342 · 55th Congress · Jan 21, 1899
To pass S. 4792. (p. 910-2)
On Jan 21, 1899, the Senate voted 48–6 (S 4792). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–0, Democrats 17–13, Others 6–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 48
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 21, 1899
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Turpie D-IN voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted no
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted no
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- 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
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- 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
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- David Turpie D-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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