Senate roll call 113 · 56th Congress · Jan 18, 1901
To amend S. 4300, by constituting the pay department of army thus -- one pay master general with rank of brigidier-general; 4 assistant-paymaster-generls with t
On Jan 18, 1901, the Senate voted 18–38 (S 4300). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–22, Democrats 6–13, Others 1–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 18
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 18, 1901
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 22 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted yes
- George Laird Shoup R-ID voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN voted yes
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC voted yes
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted yes
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV voted yes
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Marion Butler O-NC
- 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
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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