Senate roll call 74 · 56th Congress · May 21, 1900
To take under consideration H. R. 2538, for the construction of the nicaragua canal connecting the atlantic and pacific oceans. (p.5800-1)
On May 21, 1900, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 2538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–24, Democrats 10–4, Others 5–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- May 21, 1900
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 24 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Clement Perkins R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- William Ernest Mason R-IL voted yes
- William Lindsay D-KY voted no
- Donelson Caffery D-LA voted no
- Knute Nelson R-MN voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR voted yes
- Joseph Simon R-OR voted yes
- William Brimage Bate D-TN voted no
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edmund Winston Pettus D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- Charles Warren Fairbanks R-IN
- William Lindsay D-KY
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- Henry Clay Hansbrough 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
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
Did not vote
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge R-IN
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- 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
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- George Turner O-WA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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