Senate roll call 104 · 56th Congress · Jan 11, 1901
To amend bill S. 4300, by providing that volunteer army officers may obtain, commensurate with their merits, a commission, not above captain, in the regular arm
On Jan 11, 1901, the Senate voted 24–22 (S 4300). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–22, Democrats 15–0, Others 5–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 24
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jan 11, 1901
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 22 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY 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
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride 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
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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