Senate roll call 114 · 56th Congress · Jan 18, 1901
To amend S. 4300, by eliminating the proviso that the President may, at his discretion, increase the personel in any cavalry troop the number of corporals to 8,
On Jan 18, 1901, the Senate voted 22–43 (S 4300). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–39, Democrats 18–2, Others 5–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 22
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 18, 1901
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 39 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus 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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- 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
- George Turner O-WA
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham 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
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- 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
- 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
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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