To recommit the conference report to conference committee on H.R. 11795. (p. 2823-1)

On Mar 3, 1899, the Senate voted 25–41. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–21, Democrats 6–19, Others 7–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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: 25
No: 41
Did not vote: 29
Date: Mar 3, 1899

By party

Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted yes
John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
William Nathaniel Roach D-ND voted yes
John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
Joseph Simon R-OR voted yes
John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted yes
Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted yes
Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit the conference report to…: Senate Vote, Mar 3, 1899,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/55-S-378/to-recommit-the-conference-report-to-conference-committee-on (accessed 2026-10-17).