Senate roll call 17 · 56th Congress · Feb 15, 1900
To amend H. R. 1, by authorizing silver coinage and the coining of a silver dollar of 412 1/2 grains troy, of standard silver 9/10 fine. (p.1833-2)
On Feb 15, 1900, the Senate voted 28–47 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–45, Democrats 22–2, Others 6–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 28
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 15, 1900
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 45 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Francis Emroy Warren 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
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- John Lowndes Mclaurin 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- 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
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-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
Did not vote
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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