Senate roll call 10 · 56th Congress · Feb 15, 1900
To agree to a substitute for H. R. 1, which states that the people of the United States favorable to bimetalism and desirous of an international agreement admit
On Feb 15, 1900, the Senate voted 27–45 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–45, Democrats 21–2, Others 8–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 15, 1900
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 45 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
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
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- 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
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-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
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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