Senate roll call 373 · 55th Congress · Mar 2, 1899
To consider H.R. 7389, a bill limiting the hours of daily service of laborers, workmen and mechanics employed upon public works; or work done for the united sta
On Mar 2, 1899, the Senate voted 30–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–6, Republicans 10–12, Others 7–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 30
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 2, 1899
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 12 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- David Turpie D-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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- John Sherman 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Joseph Haynsworth Earle D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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