Senate roll call 56 · 56th Congress · May 4, 1900
To amend bill S. 4300, by eliminating the motion of appointment by senators from each state, at large of two cadets for the United States military academy. (p.
On May 4, 1900, the Senate voted 13–33 (S 4300). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–27, Democrats 9–3, Others 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 13
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- May 4, 1900
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 27 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE voted no
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
How each senator voted: No
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Marion Butler O-NC
- 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
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- George Turner O-WA
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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