Senate roll call 83 · 56th Congress · Jun 4, 1900
To recommit to the committee on finance the nomination of william d. Bynum as general appraiser of merchandise. (p. 515, 232)
On Jun 4, 1900, the Senate voted 32–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–4, Democrats 1–21, Others 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 32
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 4, 1900
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA voted no
- William Lindsay D-KY voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- Lucien Baker R-KS
- William Joseph Deboe R-KY
- William Lindsay D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Knute Nelson R-MN
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- Porter James Mccumber R-ND
- John Mellen Thurston R-NE
- John Kean R-NJ
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Joseph Benson Foraker R-OH
- Marcus Alonzo (Mark) Hanna R-OH
- George Wycliffe Mcbride R-OR
- George Peabody Wetmore R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Addison Gardner Foster R-WA
- Joseph Very Quarles R-WI
- Nathan Bay Scott R-WV
- Stephen Benton Elkins R-WV
- 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
- Thomas Robert Bard R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller O-CO
- Richard Rolland Kenney D-DE
- James Piper Taliaferro D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alexander Stephens Clay D-GA
- Augustus Octavius Bacon D-GA
- Henry Heitfeld O-ID
- Samuel Douglas Mcenery D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- William Van Amberg Sullivan D-MS
- Marion Butler O-NC
- William Vincent Allen O-NE
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Percival Jones O-NV
- William Morris Stewart O-NV
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman D-SC
- James Henderson Kyle O-SD
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew O-SD
- Thomas Battle Turley D-TN
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- Charles Allen Culberson D-TX
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D-UT
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Thomas Staples Martin D-VA
- George Turner O-WA
Did not vote
- George Clement Perkins R-CA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- William Alexander Harris O-KS
- Donelson Caffery D-LA
- George Louis Wellington R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Charles Arnette Towne D-MN
- Moses Edwin Clapp R-MN
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- William Andrews Clark D-MT
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard R-NC
- Monroe Leland Hayward R-NE
- Jacob Harold Gallinger R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew R-NY
- Joseph Simon R-OR
- Boies Penrose R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- John Lowndes Mclaurin D-SC
- Horace Chilton D-TX
- Thomas Kearns R-UT
- Jonathan Ross R-VT
- Redfield Proctor R-VT
- William Paul Dillingham R-VT
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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