Senate roll call 381 · 55th Congress · Mar 3, 1899
To proceed to consider executive business. (p. 2868-2)
On Mar 3, 1899, the Senate voted 32–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–6, Democrats 8–8, Others 2–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 32
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Mar 3, 1899
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted no
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted no
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY voted no
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Gray D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Lee Mantle O-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Edward Murphy Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Turner O-WA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Stephen Mallory White D-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Nathaniel Roach D-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- James Smith Jr. D-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Frank Jenne Cannon O-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Lendrum Mitchell D-WI
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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