Senate roll call 26 · 56th Congress · Mar 23, 1900
To agree to the report of the committee of conference on bill H. R. 9080 (31 stat. 51, 3/24/1900), appropriating for the benefit and government of pureto rico,
On Mar 23, 1900, the Senate voted 35–15 (HR 9080). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–0, Democrats 0–17, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 56th Congress (1899–1900), William McKinley was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 23, 1900
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard 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
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- 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
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- 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
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- 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
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- 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
- Marion Butler O-NC
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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