Senate roll call 155 · 56th Congress · Feb 27, 1901
To amend H. R. 14017, by inserting therein that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land in force in the philippines controlling the conduct of eve
On Feb 27, 1901, the Senate voted 16–41 (HR 14017). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–41, Democrats 14–0, Others 4–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 16
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 27, 1901
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 41 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA 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
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Thomas Staples Martin 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
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- 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
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- 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
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis 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
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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