Senate roll call 137 · 56th Congress · Feb 21, 1901
To amend H. R. 13729, by eliminating, the clause enabling the postmaster general to forego unnecessary expediture of any part of the appropriation for facilitat
On Feb 21, 1901, the Senate voted 19–40 (HR 13729). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–26, Democrats 9–13, Others 4–3. 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
- 19
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 21, 1901
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 26 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted yes
- Horace Chilton D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- 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
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Did not vote
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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