Senate roll call 40 · 56th Congress · Apr 3, 1900
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 2355. (p.3699)
On Apr 3, 1900, the Senate voted 25–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–23, Democrats 8–7, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 25
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 3, 1900
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Henderson Berry D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO voted yes
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA voted no
- John Henry Gear R-IA voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- Lucien Baker R-KS voted yes
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY voted yes
- George Louis Wellington R-MD voted yes
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT voted yes
- William Andrews Clark D-MT voted no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND voted yes
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE voted yes
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Boies Penrose R-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC voted no
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN voted no
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- John Kean R-NJ
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
Did not vote
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
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